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Technology
Philadelphia to Use Drones, More Metal Detectors to Secure Schools
School leaders intend to install gun detection systems in the dozen or so public middle schools. Metal detectors are already set up at district-operated high schools.
August 31, 2023
Patrol
Metal Detectors: Recovering Evidence with Technology
Usually, objects being sought have been silted over, or, in time, have settled into the soft bottom where they become obscured from view. Without the aid of a metal detector, the diver must physically probe the bottom using his hands to feel for objects.
June 1, 2022
Patrol
Charlotte Chief, School Board Members At Odds Over Metal Detectors in Schools
School Board members Ericka Ellis-Stewart and Carol Sawyer said the plan could make schools feel like detention centers.
April 6, 2018
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
Patrol
AD11-V Handheld Metal Detector
Adams Electronics
Adams Electronics’ model AD11-V has the simultaneous audio/visual alarm facility standard on all the company’s handheld metal detectors. But it also has the ability, via a two-position rocker switch, to switch the detector to either standard "audio/visual" setting or "vibration only” mode. This feature gives the AD11-V the ability to alert the operator of a potential weapon silently.
November 30, 2008
Patrol
Gilroy Shooting Reveals the Challenges Facing Event Security
The people in charge of security at the Gilroy (CA) Garlic Festival relied on the industry’s best practices, employing tall fences and metal detectors and coordinating among several law enforcement agencies.
August 1, 2019
Technology
Fishers Pulse 8X Metal Detector Rated #1 by Homeland Security
JW Fishers Pulse 8X has been rated the best underwater metal detector by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's SAVER program. In a comparison of the eight top underwater detectors on the market, Fishers Pulse 8X was rated number one.
January 5, 2016
Patrol
L.A. Airport Police Union Urges Full-Body Scans at Checkpoints
The Los Angeles airport police union urged the federal government Monday to begin requiring full-body scans for every passenger at airport security checkpoints, saying metal detectors are no longer enough.
January 4, 2010
Patrol
Pennsylvania Corrections Officers Use Dogs to Find Prohibited Cell Phones
"I just think dogs are better at finding cell phones" than metal detectors, guard searches and other screening methods, said Sgt. William Finn, who supervises the Philadelphia Prison System's five-dog canine unit.
April 16, 2009
Patrol
Pulse 8X Metal Detector
JW Fishers
JW Fishers Pulse 8X is a commercial-grade underwater metal detector in use by law enforcement agencies and military units worldwide.
March 7, 2016
Investigations
Underwater Metal Detector Locates Discarded Weapon in Chilean Wetlands
The team uses various types of equipment to locate missing evidence, particularly the Pulse 8X underwater metal detector when suspected dumped evidence is in local waterways. Arriving on the scene with the Pulse 8X, the team was able to locate and identify a long weapon that was submerged with its ammunition still loaded.
November 30, 2022
Patrol
Detroit Police Roll Out New Security Measures At Station
New security measures such as a metal detector have been added to the Detroit Police Department's Northwestern District station that was the scene of a surprise assault Sunday with new security measures.
January 24, 2011
Technology
Prison Guards Main Source of Smuggled Cellphones
Union officials say they don't necessarily oppose searches; they also cite a work requirement that corrections officers must be paid for "walk time" — the minutes it takes them to get from the front gate to their posts behind prison walls.
February 8, 2011
Patrol
Loaded Handgun Found in Backpack of Philadelphia High School Student
The .40 caliber Smith & Wesson handgun, fully loaded, set off an alarm when the backpack went through a metal detector, police said.
February 26, 2018
Patrol
Manchester Concert Bombing Raises Concerns About Securing American Arenas and Stadiums
The suspected suicide bombing at an Ariana Grande concert in the British city of Manchester killed at least 19 people and injured dozens. It is raising new questions about how authorities can better protect large venues.
May 23, 2017
Patrol
New Sheriff’s Badges Designed to Defy Copying
Sheriff’s officials in Cobb County, Georgia, are banking on the ability of new identification badges to help deter and spot impersonators.
October 9, 2003
Special Units
New Concealable BB Gun Could Pose Threat to Cops
A Minneapolis gun shop has just debuted an affordable gun small enough to be easily concealed, making it a potential tactical threat to police officers.
October 6, 2004
Patrol
Magnalight Introduces Universal Handcuff Key
The UHC-4PK non-metallic handcuff key, which is composed of a non-metallic material, opens all brands of cuffs. The key itself is encapsulated in a holding ring that can be hooked to shirt buttons, sewn into clothing hems or attached to the back of watches, hats or shoes.
April 3, 2011
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