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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 12, 2013

Dallas Police Add More Digital Eyes to Nab Bad Guys in Crime Hot Spots

This year, the Dallas Police Department installed 76 new surveillance cameras and 28 license plate readers in high-crime areas. Police officials say they have already had some positive early results from the technology.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 12, 2013

Ballistics Study Leads to Changes at Federal Agency

A team of researchers led by Sam Houston State University identified a number of areas of improvement in a national database of forensic ballistics evidence used to link guns to violent crimes.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 9, 2013

New San Bernardino, Calif., Chief Embraces Social Media to Promote Transparency

Burguan, who was confirmed by the San Bernardino City Council at its weekly meeting last Monday, dreams of a transparent department with little controversy. He hopes providing information via social media will help.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 4, 2013

Vigilant Solutions LPR Identifies 2 Cobb County Homicide Suspects

The Cobb County (Ga.) Police Department used Vigilant Solutions license plate reader (LPR) systems and data to identify two suspects in the homicide of a missing person.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 4, 2013

ATN Introduces 2 New ThOR Thermal Weapon Sights

American Technologies Network Corp., makers of military, law enforcement, security and outdoor night vision and thermal applications, introduces two new models into their ThOR Thermal Weapons Sight System product line for 2014: the ThOR336-1.5X and the ThOR640-1X.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 3, 2013

Indiana Department Orders 150 Digital Ally On-Body Video Systems

Following a 60-day evaluation of the major body cameras on the market, the Evansville (Ind.) Police Department selected Digital Ally's FirstVu HD for its officers. Testing included evaluation of product durability, versatility, ease of use, battery life, video and sound quality, upload and download speeds, and the data storage requirements for a typical officer's daily shift.

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ProductsNovember 28, 2013

Thermal Clip-on

ATN's TICO series of thermal clip-ons mounts in front of a day-time scope and enables thermal vision in day or nighttime operations. There is no shift of impact, no need to re-zero or change of eye relief.

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ProductsNovember 27, 2013

ProLaser 4 Lidar Speed Measurer

The ProLaser 4 from KustomSignals is part of the ProLaser family of lidar speed measurement devices. Its features include high-contrast OLED graphical display, simple user interface, ruggedized pistol grip, and selectable aiming reticles.

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ProductsNovember 26, 2013

TraceX Explosives Kit

Morphix Technologies' new TraceX Explosives Kit detects major homemade explosive material threats and their precursors in a single test without exposing the user or kit to contamination or dangerous chemicals.

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Articlesby Dean ScovilleNovember 22, 2013

Streamlining the Job

New technology and modern practices are saving wear and tear on everything from budgets to personnel. In an era of doing more with less, it just makes sense.

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