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Technology
Surveillance Technology
Cops still sit in cars watching houses and businesses, but they are just as likely to be using clandestine tactics to see inside buildings and over fences, scan faces in a crowd, and review security camera footage. The newest and most innovative surveillance tools work without the bad guys ever knowing they are being watched until it's too late.
December 21, 2011
Photo: Tim Dees
Special Units
Panoscan Introduces Ferret Vehicle Inspection Robot
The Ferret is a mobile robot camera that moves under low-profile vehicles. It features a movable color video camera with on-board lighting. The Ferret, which can operate day or night, sees up and around drive shafts and deep into wheel wells.
September 29, 2011
Photo: Panoscan.
Vehicle Ops
LAPD's Remotec BatCat Robot
The LAPD's BatCat tactical robot is a Caterpillar telehandler that ASI automated under contract for Northrop Grumman Remotec. It's used for bomb disposal, breaching of buildings, and other tasks requiring a large robot. It's equipped with standard Remotec Andros cameras.
May 26, 2011
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Special Units
Tactical Robots Used In Japanese Nuclear Crisis
Models produced by iRobot — two iRobot 510 PackBot robots and two iRobot 710 Warrior robots — arrived in Japan on Friday. The two smaller robots can measure radiation levels close to the reactors and the two larger ones can pull hoses to spray water on the fuel rods.
March 27, 2011
iRobot's 510 PackBot. Photo: iRobot.
Weapons
Perpetrator Moving Target Dummies
Officer Under Fire
Officer Under Fire's Perpetrator is a remote-controlled range robot that is human-like in appearance, movement, and tactics, and shoots training projectiles at police officers in the range.
February 17, 2011
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Special Units
TiaLinx's Cougar20-H Mini-Robot Probes for Human Breathing
The Cougar20-H mini-robot system is capable of motion detection as well as probing for a person's breathing in a compound while being remotely controlled from long standoff distances.
February 2, 2011
The Cougar20-H mini-robot system can detect motion and probe for a person's breathing. Photo courtesy of Tia Linx.
Special Units
TiaLinx's Cougar10-L Mini-Robot Includes Through-Wall Imager
The Cougar10-L can be remotely guided at lengthened ranges to perform mission-critical tasks. Integrated multiple cameras allow day and night visibility of a premise under surveillance for enhanced situational awareness.
January 11, 2011
Photo courtesy of TiaLinx.
Special Units
SWAT Bot
Designed for law enforcement missions involving rioters and hostages, the SWAT Bot Robotic Weapon is a first-person view, unmanned ground vehicle that allows a remote operator to record video in a hazardous environment. The SWAT Bot can travel at speeds of up to 50 mph with a wireless range of 500 feet. It features an M16-style less-lethal weapon that fires pepperballs, paintballs, and hardened rubber rounds. It's produced by InspectorBots.com.
January 4, 2011
The SWAT BOT features an M16-style weapon that fires pepperballs, paintballs, and hardened rubber rounds.
Special Units
L.A. Sheriff Using API's Video Aiming Device for Bomb Disposal
The Hawki video aiming device is attached to a disrupter and utilizes a camera and rangefinder to automatically place cross hairs on the robot operator's monitor. While approaching a target, the cross hairs adjust the aim point based on the range to the target to show the operator the true point of impact for their shot.
December 2, 2010
Photo courtesy of API Technologies.
Special Units
Seattle SWAT Enters Home, Does Not Find Lakewood Suspect
A Seattle police SWAT team this morning swarmed a Leschi home surrounded overnight but did not find suspected cop killer Maurice Clemmons inside.
November 29, 2009
Special Units
Officer Injured During 7-Hour Standoff With Suicidal, Armed Man
SWAT officers, who deployed a tactical robot, shot the man when he came out of the house and refused to put down his firearm.
August 11, 2009
Special Units
Tactical Robots
If you think robots are just for bomb disposal, think again. Police robots are often used to handle IEDs, but they can be used in other arenas that are inhospitable to humans. Robots can be used to reach a barricaded subject or hostages and carry information or evidence back out without sending an officer into the line of fire. They can also provide enhanced surveillance and deploy lethal or less-lethal weapons.
July 17, 2009
Tactical Systems' HD can handl;e rough terrain, climb common household stairs and tow up to a 300-pound load. It also has a range of 1,200 feet and an on-board video system that can capture eight hours of footage using a pan/tilt infrared video camera that operates in low-light conditions. It can capture images up to one mile away (line of sight).
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