Forensic

Private biometric registries have been entering US law enforcement agencies. The Inmate Recognition Identification System, or IRIS, is a registry that allows law enforcement...

Police investigators often need a view of the crime scene long after it was cleared, and photos taken at the initial stages may not...

Police forces have become increasingly reliant on extraction software in recent years as smartphones have harvested more data about people’s behaviour. But it’s feared...

A new mobile fingerprint scanning application for local and state law enforcement officers instantly searches state and national databases for a positive identification. The...

A new technology reveals personality from facial images at scale to revolutionize how companies, organizations and even robots understand people and dramatically improve public...

Security departments in the UK and Belgium are currently testing an artificial intelligence (AI) program that will take on the arduous task of sifting...

With the advent of technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotics, quantum computing, the Internet of Things, augmented reality, materials science, 3-D printing, and data...

Law enforcement agencies across the US are adopting unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for operations ranging from search and rescue to traffic accident reconstruction and...

A new system will enhance the quality and increase the speed of evidence capture, documentation, reconstruction, and analysis, for crime, crash, fire and security...

It is already obvious that 2019 is the year of privacy - from security technologies designed to thwart personal information hacking to public critic,...

A new pattern detecting computer software has been developed by the New York Police Department to help catch criminals. The NYPD has been using...

Drones are exploding in popularity and their operational capabilities are advancing rapidly as well. But unfortunately, they have been also used also for illegal...

New data demonstrates that only a tiny proportion of crime guns in Chicago were ever reported stolen to the Police Department. That and other...

Automated license plate readers (ALPRs) are a specialized camera often mounted on police cars that can scan at speeds of up to 60 plates...

A criminal-tracking database was successfully integrated with a platform that can make cross-references in order to provide security and surveillance at stadiums and other...

The rise of the internet has enhanced our lives in many ways. However, It’s also made it easier to commit the most terrible crimes....

Law enforcement teams can now determine if someone is carrying a weapon or explosive - all without the need for a physical search -...

The recent events at London's Gatwick Airport is a real-life example of how even an amateur drone pilot can disrupt major infrastructure. Now that...

Secondary accidents go up by a factor of almost 24 during the time that highway safety officials are assessing and documenting a car crash...

Technology developed by the federal US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will soon be deployed at police stations across the US, enabling law enforcement...

The constant improvement in computer technology is bringing DNA comparison techniques and identification to the next level. In terms of public safety and law...

In today’s world, almost no one can hide from the authorities. There are cameras everywhere now, and with facial recognition algorithms your face could...