A New Resolution for Explosive Detection
Scientists are developing new methods to reveal traces of drugs and bomb-making components. A rather new approach named spectroscopy and in particular, infrared absorption spectroscopy,...
Laser Technology will Advance Crime Scene Documentation
Tape measures and photos used to be the standard equipment for documenting any type of crime scene by law enforcement. But uneven ground and...
Innovative Reporting Tech for Law Enforcement Officers
The latest version of a documentation and report system for law enforcement professionals was unveiled recently. Dragon Law Enforcement by Nuance Communications is a...
Body Cameras – Learning from Police Officers’ Experience
A new version of a law enforcement body camera will provide police officers with a better way to capture unbiased, tamper-proof video in nearly...
Big Data Technology to Map Urban Crime
Recently, Rio de Janeiro's authorities teamed with crime experts and concerned business leaders to launch a major big data based crime monitoring tool, ISPGeo,...
Big Data: From Commercial to Security Applications
In commercial industries, understanding and analyzing big data on real time can lead to cost reduction, better-targeted marketing and increased efficiency. Like many businesses...
Police departments use technology for patrols, community
Police departments use state grants to cover the cost of new purchases of online programs, mobile apps and new gadgets to track crime, as...
Stand-Off Detection of Explosives Traces Under Development
Approaching suspected materials in order to check them is not always possible without risk. A new technology for the stand-off detection of trace quantities...
Device Encryption Frustrates Enforcement Agencies
The FBI had been unable to access data from 7,775 devices in fiscal year 2017, a growing figure causing setbacks in cases from terrorism...
Face recognition technologies improving dramatically
Who is that stranger in your social media photo? A click on the face reveals the name in seconds, almost as soon as you...
Ohio to develop state-wide standards for police use of deadly force
Ohio governor John Kasich has created a 12-member group of community and law enforcement leaders to help draft statewide standards on how police departments...
The Side Benefits of U.S. Visitor Surveillance System
US Visitor Surveillance System used for Emotional Healing
Ostensibly, the motivation behind storing the fingerprints of almost all foreign visitors to the US is in...
More equitable access to DNA identification after disaster or conflict needed
The April 2013 collapse of the Rana Plaza Factory Building in Bangladesh, in which more than 1,130 people were killed, is only the latest...
Developing More Sensitive Noses for Explosives
The explosive sniffers used in many airports in the world do not fully satisfy the high demands of the Israeli general security service.
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Policing the cloud: we should expect more from law enforcement cloud...
It starts the moment you wake up and turn off your alarm: Your smartphone records and sends to the cloud each interaction you make,...
Drones as Vital Law Enforcement Tools
Drones have become powerful and vital law enforcement tools. Police in Norfolk, England, will soon be using drones to help search for missing people,...
The New Weapon Might Rat Out on Its Owner
Recent years have seen the role of drones in criminal activity increasing significantly. In the area of cyber forensics, law enforcement faces a significant...
Department Of Defence To Invest In Biometrics
Things like lightning fast DNA processing, biometrics recognition based on iris scans, thumbprint or voice patterns and video face recognition from vast distances seemed...
Next Generation of Smart Weapons
More and more law enforcement agencies prefer smart weapons as a less lethal solution for the use of force in public safety missions. Conducted...
Unified Platform for Criminal Intelligence
A new national criminal intelligence system has been launched in Australia after completing a two-year pilot of the nascent inter-jurisdictional platform. Now the Australian...
Smartphone Encryption Frustrates Law Enforcement
Many smartphones encrypt their contents when locked, as standard - a security feature that often prevents even the phones' manufacturers from accessing data. Such...
What Limits to Police Cellphone Tracking?
Police departments across the USA quietly use a highly secretive technology developed for the military that can track the whereabouts of suspects by using...
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3D-Printed Antennas Bend Without Breaking the Signal
A new type of 3D-printed antenna could transform how vehicles, drones, and wearable devices maintain wireless communication while in motion. Developed by researchers at...
