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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 23, 2005

Golden Gate Bridge Toll Collectors Get Body Armor

Toll collectors at San Francisco's landmark Golden Gate Bridge have been issued body armor to guard against armed bandits.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 17, 2005

New Megan’s Law Changes Affect Cops' and Citizens’ Ability to Track Sex Offenders

Changes in Megan's Law will mean less information on the Internet about some sex offenders, but law enforcement agencies can inform the public about a particular offender if they deem it necessary.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 10, 2005

Retired Marine Helps Americans Send Gifts to Troops

Americans who want to send gifts to military personnel serving in Iraq or Afghanistan this holiday season may want to contact Jack McHugh.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 10, 2005

Supreme Court Seems Split on Police Searches of Homes

The Supreme Court appeared deeply divided Tuesday over whether police have the right to enter a home to search for drugs if one resident of the home gives permission to search and another resident refuses.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 3, 2005

3M Develops New Security Feature for License Plates

3M’s Traffic Safety Systems Division has developed new technology that incorporates an indelible mark into reflective material that is nearly impossible to duplicate, making illegal license plate altering or duplication difficult.

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ProductsNovember 1, 2005

Raven UAV

Ever wished your department had a Predator unmanned aerial vehicle? Well, you probably can’t afford one. However, you can have a UAV. AeroVironment’s Raven is a hand-launched propeller-driven glider that can send live color video back to a ground-based monitor. It’s controlled just like a radio-controlled airplane. Law enforcement applications include surveillance, search and rescue, and other outdoor operations.

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ProductsNovember 1, 2005

i2 ChartExplorer Intel Software

New in i2’s family of analysis products is ChartExplorer, an intel enhancement tool for law enforcement that gathers various information from files in the company’s flagship product, Analyst’s Notebook, as well as other documents into easily readable charts. This software allows you to retrieve chart information ranked by relevance, preview it for context, and add relevant items to your investigation analysis

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ProductsNovember 1, 2005

Blackinton SmartShield Badge

Blackinton’s patented SmartShield badge and system use new advanced Enforcement Identification Technology (Eid) to provide a wide range of security provisions. The SmartShield encoded chip, when activated by an Eid software-enabled RFID (radio frequency identification) reader, transmits SmartShield “authorized” encoding to the reader and database.

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ProductsNovember 1, 2005

Pelican Products Night-Vision Compatible Light

In response to a need for portable night-vision friendly light, Pelican Products’ VB3 2220NV LED, the latest addition to its VersaBrite line, is designed to meet the need for portable, night-vision-friendly light. The VB3 2220NV LED provides more than 100 hours of burn time. The twin red LEDs preserve night vision while generating 5.5 lumens for tasks such as map reading.

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IACP 2005: Best of Show

The last few years it has seemed that the exhibitors at the International Association of Chiefs of Police were escaping from a computer expo. There was so much eye-glazing tech-geek jargon going on at one recent IACP that we honestly had to check to see that we hadn’t somehow walked into a computer show by mistake.

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