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News•by Staff Writer•April 21, 2014

LPR Technology Helps Solve Kansas City Highway Shootings

A controversial license plate reader system has helped police officials in Kansas City, Mo., to identify a suspect in highway shootings.

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News•by Staff Writer•April 21, 2014

Feds Helping Local Police Fight Cybercrime

Most police agencies lack resources to investigate cyber-crimes so they are turning to federal task forces to help.

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News•by Staff Writer•April 17, 2014

Salt Lake City PD Rape Data to Go Online

Salt Lake City Police Chief Chris Burbank put forward his "Code R Kit Project," which would post online information on 625 rape cases but would protect the identity of victims.

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Products•April 17, 2014

DrugTest 5000

In the past, roadside drug screening has been difficult because it involved the collection of urine or blood samples. The Dräger DrugTest 5000 mobile oral fluid screening system provides an alternative.

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Products•April 17, 2014

Heat Map Analytics

Spillman Technologies’ tightly integrated intelligence-led policing tools like map-based analytics, extensive searching capabilities, and community crime maps enable officers to analyze agency data in meaningful ways.

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Articles•by David Griffith•April 17, 2014

LPR Under Fire

Many state legislators are listening to the ACLU and others who want to rein in LPR operations. New Hampshire already bans the use of the technology except at toll stations, and other states are considering legislation that to some degree would change the way agencies use LPR.

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News•by Staff Writer•April 10, 2014

FLIR Debuts New PathFindIR Night Vision Camera

FLIR Systems has released its new PathFindIR II thermal night vision system to be used in vehicles to provide automated detection and alerts of pedestrians and animals.

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News•by Staff Writer•April 9, 2014

Image Sensing Systems Releases New Mobile LPR Camera, Partners with MAV Systems

Image Sensing Systems has released its new compact license plate recognition (LPR) camera, Autoscope Pn-120, released in partnership with MAV Systems.

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News•by Staff Writer•April 8, 2014

5.11 Announces New Permanent Badge Technology for Its Apparel

Public safety apparel and accessories manufacturer 5.11 Tactical has announced the ability to thermally fuse metallic-looking badges to many of its products.

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News•by Staff Writer•March 28, 2014

Ind. Bill to Limit Electronic Surveillance by Police

House Bill 1009, authored by Rep. Eric Koch, requires law enforcement officials to establish probable cause and obtain a court order before electronically tracking the location of mobile phones or other cellular devices in real time.

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