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Technology
Understanding Handheld Drug Detection Technologies
Handheld drug detection and identification tools can help officers make presumptive analysis of street drugs, including designer drugs, and alert them to hazardous materials.
December 8, 2021
Technology
Rigaku Analytical Devices Announces Narcotics-Focused Handheld Raman Analyzer
Rigaku's new Progeny ResQ FLX analyzer integrates the latest drug identification technology to keep law enforcement safe while battling the opioid epidemic.
April 5, 2018
Technology
Centice Upgrades Mobile Narcotics Identification System
The portable MFL-3000 enables narcotic squads and drug task forces to quickly and easily perform drug identification in the field without destroying evidence. The portable device uses Centice's Raman Spectroscopy technology to create a spectral fingerprint of the substance.
February 20, 2013
Gangs
Florence 13: The Other Transnational Gang
The Los Angeles Sheriff's OSS Gang Task Force targeting the F-13 gang soon received information that the F-13 gang was enforcing Mexican Mafia orders to tax all drug dealers, to tax Sureño gangs, to kill rival blacks and run them out of the city, and to tax "Mica Mills" (counterfeit document mills) that produce fake identification and immigration documents.
December 13, 2010
Technology
MX908 Responds to the Fentanyl Crisis with New Drug Hunter Mode
908 Devices
MX908TM leverages high-pressure mass spectrometry TM to deliver dramatically enhanced sensitivity and broader threat category coverage.
March 1, 2018
Patrol
Ky. Department Credits Task Force for Drug Bust
A northern Kentucky police department credits the Fivco Area Drug Enforcement Task Force (F.A.D.E.) for the arrest of four suspects trafficking prescription pills from Detroit.
June 18, 2012
Technology
908 Devices Launches Drug Hunter Mission Mode to Combat Fentanyl and High Priority Drugs
A new software update for 908 Devices' MX908 helps first responders identify different substances with three new modes: Drug Hunter, Chemical Warfare Hunter, and Explosive Hunter
January 19, 2018
Technology
In the Field Drug Testing
Law enforcement officers can safely and accurately identify substances outside of the lab using two very distinct technologies.
November 7, 2019
Technology
Drug Task Force Delivers Suspect in Cold Case Homicide Using Vigilant Solutions LPR
The 21st Judicial District Drug Task Force in Tennessee used its Vigilant Solutions license plate reader (LPR) system to bring to justice a suspect in a cold case homicide from 2002.
February 11, 2016
Patrol
D4D Aerosol Testing Kit
Mistral
Mistral Security’s aerosol presumptive drug tests are available in three different sizes, allowing for 10, 50, or 100 sprays. These kits are inexpensive, easy to use, and easy to handle.
October 7, 2014
Technology
Data-Sharing Website May Speed Response to New Illegal Drugs
The 'NPS Data Hub' will help forensic chemists identify new types of fentanyl and other narcotics more quickly.
July 13, 2018
Patrol
Ohio Deputy Fired for Lying About Sex With Informant
Gardiner began a sexual relationship with the informant in the spring of 2009 and used his "covert identification" to rent motel rooms and his duty car to "take her on dates."
November 10, 2010
Procedures & Policies
How To Test for Drugs
Presumptive tests allow officers to quickly detect and identify illicit drugs in the field.
May 13, 2019
Technology
NYPD Distributes 400 Smartphones To Officers
The Android phones, which cannot make or receive calls, enable officers on foot patrol to look up a person's criminal history and verify their identification by quickly gaining access to computerized arrest files, police photographs, and state DMV databases.
April 11, 2013
Patrol
Ohio Man Charged With Impersonating Police Officer
A former Clay Center, OH, police officer was charged with impersonating an officer in Toledo, city police said.
March 14, 2016
Technology
Drug Detection and Officer Protection
Police need tools to identify unknown substances and to keep those materials from harming them.
August 31, 2018
Patrol
Protecting Police from Street Drugs
Opioids and other highly potent substances are a threat to the public and law enforcement. Touchless identification technology can help you know when you are in danger and prevent exposure.
July 5, 2023
Patrol
Three Philadelphia Officers Cleared In Shooting
"After a lengthy and careful review of the facts in this case I concluded that the three officers acted properly in this situation," according to District Attorney Seth Williams. "Vincent Parsons fired first and the officers had no other choice but to fire back."
October 13, 2010
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