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Special Units
L.A. Sheriff Using API's Video Aiming Device for Bomb Disposal
The Hawki video aiming device is attached to a disrupter and utilizes a camera and rangefinder to automatically place cross hairs on the robot operator's monitor. While approaching a target, the cross hairs adjust the aim point based on the range to the target to show the operator the true point of impact for their shot.
December 2, 2010
Technology
FLIR Launches the Fido X4 Premium Handheld Explosives Trace Detector
FLIR Systems Inc. has announced the launch of the FLIR Fido X4, the newest, most advanced version of its premium handheld explosives trace detector. The Fido X4 is made to deliver extreme sensitivity for a broad range of explosives, so users can easily detect threats at levels other devices cannot.
November 6, 2019
Technology
Thermo Scientific Introduces New Handheld Explosives Detection Device That Uses Both FTIR and Raman Spectroscopy
The Gemini analyzer includes an extensive library that enables operators to identify unknown solids and liquids, from explosives and chemical warfare agents to industrial chemicals and precursors.
March 4, 2015
Technology
JW Fishers' Metal Detectors Being Used Worldwide to Locate Underwater Evidence and Explosives
Dive Team Leader Steve Sutton-Brown reports using Fishers new SAR-1 detector in a recent training exercise. “We’re regularly called on to search for evidence such as guns, knives, bullet casings, etc. We generally dive in visibility that is zero to one foot, which is one of the reasons we choose this machine.
May 3, 2017
Special Units
K-9s Train in Robot Test Arena
Bomb and drug sniffing dogs train regularly at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) arena designed to test urban search and rescue and explosive ordnance disposal robots.
June 15, 2005
Special Units
FBI SWAT Officers Arrest Australian 'Collar Bomb' Suspect
Agents with the FBI's SWAT team arrested an Australian businessman Tuesday in connection with a fake collar bomb that had been placed around the neck of a Sydney teenager.
August 15, 2011
Patrol
SHOT Show 2016: Safariland Announces Ultra-Strong Adhesive Tape for Law Enforcement
Fifteen times stronger than existing general duct tape products, the Dyneema GT 60 material utilized in this adhesive tape is chemically inert and moisture resistant, with mechanical properties not influenced by the presence of water. This is a significant contrast to other synthetic tapes.
January 19, 2016
Patrol
Saviour EOD Bomb Disposal Suit
Kejo
The new Kejo Saviour 2011 EOD Bomb Disposal Suit is specifically designed to give the highest level of protection with the maximum comfort and flexibility to the user at an affordable price.
June 29, 2011
Weapons
New Educational Program Addresses IED Response
Emergency Film Group of Edgartown, MA has produced “IEDs & VBIEDs,” a training program for police, firefighters, rescue personnel, EMS, emergency management, security personnel and others who may be involved in an incident that involves such weapons.
October 11, 2008
Special Units
10 LAPD Officers, ATF Agent and 6 Others Injured in Controlled Detonation Failure
The blast came around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday outside of a home where police had spent the day seizing a large cache of fireworks. They also came across about 40 homemade “coke can-sized” devices with powder and fuses on them, and 200 smaller similar devices. The bomb squad determined them to be “very volatile.”
July 1, 2021
Patrol
NarkSafe NDA (Narcotic Disposal Agent)
Sirchie
NarkSafe NDA is a drug disposal solution made to enable the onsite disposal of drug evidence (20 grams or less) quickly, easily, and safely, rendering the drugs unusable.
February 27, 2019
Weapons
PoliceTrades.com Offers Agencies Firearm Disposal Option
PoliceTrades.com provides public safety agencies with a variety of trade services and disposal options for unneeded firearms and ammunition. Payment amounts range from $5 to $3,000, depending on the firearm make, model, caliber, action type, and overall condition.
October 6, 2010
Weapons
Federal Judge Blocks CA Law Requiring Disposal of Large-Capacity Magazines
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction blocking a law that requires Californians to dispose of large-capacity ammunition magazines by Saturday or face fines and possible jail time.
June 30, 2017
Special Units
Lightweight Explosives Disruptor
Alford Technologies
Alford Technologies' new 1-liter Bottler Lite is a lightweight user-filled explosive disruptor. Bottler Lite and the standard Bottler ranges are patented omni-directional explosive disruptors that come in a range of different sizes.
July 30, 2014
Patrol
IL Police Department Tells People to Stop Bringing War Souvenir Munitions to Station for Disposal
“If you find an unexploded WWII anti-tank round in your home, PLEASE, don't drive it to the police department in a cardboard box,” a Tuesday tweet from the Dixon Police Department reads.
August 25, 2017
Special Units
Video: Massachusetts Man Throws Explosives at Police, Found Dead After SWAT Standoff
State police and SWAT team members responded at 7:38 am Saturday to 911 calls reporting explosions being heard at 13 Meadow St, a two-family apartment building.
November 3, 2014
Patrol
Seattle Police Found Explosives in Van Abandoned Near Site of Weekend Riots
"Explosions occurred outside the precinct,” the press release states. “Individuals in the crowd threw explosives at officers. One explosion occurred along the north wall of the precinct (on Pine Street), which blew a hole in the wall of the building.”
July 30, 2020
Patrol
The Hazards of Homemade Explosives
Whether a department's jurisdiction lies nestled among the cornfields of rural Nebraska or in the center of a major city, homemade explosives pose a very real and growing threat. But through business community involvement and greater training and awareness, some of these threats can be stopped dead in their tracks.
June 10, 2012
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