The London Police’s Secret Weapon
The Central Image Team of the London Metropolitan Police has been involved in testing a technology to speed up the processing of data and...
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.
This is...
Graphene May be used in bulletproof Vests
In the search for a better material for bullet-proof vests, researchers are turning to graphene, which they say works twice as well as the...
New Technique to Find Latent Prints at Crime Scenes
A new technique has been developed to assist in finding latent prints at the crime scene. In a crime scene examination, investigators collect items of...
Trying To Understand: A Transportable IED laboratory
The European Defense Agency (EDA) has hired the services of the Spanish company Indra to develop new forensic analysis laboratories for Counter-Improvised Explosive Devices...
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...
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...
Downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17- complicated investigation
The U.S is doing a huge effort to prove that pro-Russian separatists are responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines FlightMH17.
The United States is...
Is Your Android Device Really Secure?
We have written before about China building its own secure smartphone ecosystem - including a homegrown operating system and even processing chips - all...
Russia unveils Coalition-SV
The Russian Ground Forces' new 2S35 Coalition-SV (Koalitsiya-CB) self-propelled artillery (SPA) system will replace the 2S19 MSTA-S SPA in Russian Ground Forces service. It...
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...
Revolution in Automotive Forensics
Vehicle systems store a vast amount of data such as recent destinations, favorite locations, call logs, contact lists, SMS messages, emails, pictures, videos, social...
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...
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...
Why Digital Forensics Must Be Regulated
Digital or computer forensics involves the identification, recovery, analysis and presentation in court of relevant information taken from electronic devices such as computers and...
What Your Fingerprint Can Say About You
A new fingerprint technology that can analyze metabolites left behind in fingerprint residue for a variety of factors was introduced by ArroGen Group, a...
New DNA Technology Can Help Solve Crimes
A new software application can predict appearance and ancestry from forensic DNA samples, and could help police teams solve complex cases.
Snapshot is a...
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...
Wi-Fi Devices Invaluable to Forensics Investigators
Timely access to Wi-Fi devices at crime scenes could provide police with vital evidence, including placing suspects at the scene.
This is possible due to...
New LAPUA sniper ammo
Premium small caliber ammunition offers law enforcement, military and other agencies higher accuracy and greater stopping power. Maximum performance and low collateral damage risk...
Voice Recognition Technology – Applied by Law Enforcement Teams
Drones fitted with facial recognition cameras and software programmed to recognise an individual’s voice in Arabic are some of the technologies that law enforcement...
New Technology Added to the Forensic Toolbox
Law enforcement officers’ work is becoming easier with the help of emerging technologies. Forensic laser systems are powerful lighting tools to help visualize forensic...
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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...
