Tag: Bombings: Page 17

Special Units

Arrest Made in Oregon Bank Bombing that Killed Two Officers

Authorities arrested a suspect in the Salem area Sunday evening in the Woodburn bank bombing that killed two police explosives experts and injured the town's police chief and a bank employee.

December 14, 2008

Technology

VRAD Video Radiological Adapter

Zistos Corp.’s new patent pending VRAD Video Radiological Adapter generates an early warning by enunciating radiological alarm events on the surveillance video screen. This can alarm against an act of terrorism or industrial sabotage, using a dirty bomb or radiological materials as a contaminant. The system cost-effectively adds radiological detection into fixed or mobile surveillance camera systems using existing video cameras, cables, and monitors.

October 31, 2008

Special Units

XR-DE Dual Energy Module

Vidisco

Vidisco, designer and manufacturer of portable X-ray inspection systems, offers real-time images and a laptop controlling the X-ray source from a distance far from the explosion range. The company’s newest product, the XR-DE Dual Energy Module, is compatible with a pulsed Golden XR200 or XRS3 source.

July 31, 2008

Patrol

Car Bombings

There is one weapon of mass destruction that we are certain the terrorists possess and have the know-how to use. They use it every day in Iraq. They've used it frequently in Afghanistan. This weapon is the vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED), commonly known as the "car bomb."

August 31, 2007

Patrol

Seeing Soft Spots

It’s important for you to be able to analyze vulnerabilities in your community, prioritize potential targets, and plan for a response. In other words, to protect your jurisdiction from dedicated and motivated fanatics, you need to look at it through their eyes.

August 31, 2004

Special Units

The Enemies Within

It seems a quaint idea now, but before 9/11, the leading culprits for launching major terror attacks on American soil were hate groups and other domestic terrorists. These people are flat dangerous, especially to law enforcement officers who might get in their way.

August 31, 2003

Patrol

One Man, One Bomb

"The threat of suicide bombers in the U.S. is not an 'if' but a 'when,'" read a recent alert to law enforcement that was sent by the California Department of Justice.

August 31, 2002