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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
A Flash of Metal: Edged Weapon Attacks
A Houston Police officer who shot a wheelchair-bound man who had attacked him with a pen has been roasted by media outlets who fail to grasp the dangers of edged weapons.
October 2, 2012
Patrol
Preventing School Weapons Assaults
While our children are safer in school than they are in many other settings, they are often far less safe than they should, and could, be.
April 30, 2001
Patrol
How to Stop School Shootings
There are many things we can do to prevent school shootings, but only one thing can stop the shooter once he/she starts firing…and that's law enforcement response.
June 7, 2018
Training
U.S. Fish & Wildlife's K-9 Detectors
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service started a K-9 detection program that uses Labrador mixes to locate illegally transported exotic animals and products at five U.S. airports. Video by Kareem Girgis. Read the full story here.
July 31, 2013
Patrol
Metal-TEC Metal Detector
Torfino Enterprises
The Torfino Metal-TEC 1400 is a silent vibrating weapons detector small enough to fit in the palm of your hand. Silent vibration will not alarm the subject being searched (or others around them) that a weapon has been detected. It alerts the officer to weapons, razor blades, handcuff keys, and even small pieces of metal foil that may contain drugs from inches away.
November 30, 2008
Patrol
THD Metal Detector
Garrett Metal Detectors
The THD is the most rugged, compact metal detector on the market.
January 30, 2015
Special Units
Seeker Plus Metal Detector
MSE Group
The Seeker Plus from MSE Group detects ferrous and non-ferrous metals with 360-degree continuous detection and pin-point detection. It has adjustable sensitivity, a 10-inch probe, and durable, tough ABS construction.
November 30, 2008
Patrol
Draeger Safety Single-Gas Detectors
Draeger
New Pac 3000 and Pac 5000 single-gas detectors from Draeger Safety monitor the air and alert the user to dangerous concentrations of carbon monoxide or H2S, and low oxygen levels. Once activated, these small, lightweight monitors operate for two years without replacing or calibrating the sensors. The new instruments feature simple, two-button operation, an infrared interface, and three alarm modes. During an alarm or at the push of a button, each unit’s display becomes backlit.
August 31, 2005
Patrol
Dallas Detectives Battle Metal Thieves
"This crime is a commodity, profit-driven crime, with the price of copper so high that people are willing to risk arrest to do the crime," said Dallas police Lt. Richard Dwyer, who commands the four-detective unit that investigates metal thefts.
June 5, 2008
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