Stay up to date on new products and advances in technology to ensure your officers are equipped with the tools they need.
Reusable 3D Printed Mask Frame
Essentium, Inc., led by its COVID-19 Response Strategy Team, offers a protective mask kit comprising a reusable 3D printed mask frame and single-use filter to aid in the fight against COVID-19. The Essentium reusable mask frame is made with thermoplastic urethane (a.k.a. Essentium TPU74D), which allows for easy cleaning, and is used with single-use, replaceable filtration media. The Essentium mask has been created for non-medical use during the COVID-19 epidemic, based on FDA Emergency Use Authorization. The company has made the design of the mask freely available through the National Institute of Health open source model.
https://resources.essentium3d.com
Handcuff Key Fastener
DeSantis Gunhide offers the Redi-Cuff Key, ensuring that officers will always have a key with their handcuffs and eliminating the need to search for a key. Having a handcuff key away from other keys can also prevent the spread of contamination. The Redi-Cuff Key can be placed on any existing handcuff case and used in hot arid and cold climates. The Velcro strip is secure, lightweight, low profile, and cost effective. The Velcro loop is placed on the inside flap of the handcuff case. The loop (bristly) portion of the fastener is stitched onto the flat portion of the key.
www.desantisholster.com/redi-cuff-key
Walk-Through Health Detection System
Soter Technologies announces the SymptomSense Medical Evaluation Gateway, a non-invasive walk-through electronic full-body symptom scanner for providing detection of symptoms of known illness in less than 10 seconds. SymptomSense looks similar to metal detectors used at security checkpoints of airports, sporting events, and government buildings. It uses an array of sensors to provide a rapid, noninvasive, hands-free approach for gaining important real-time vital signs, including detecting blood oxygen levels, external body temperature within 0.2 degrees of accuracy (Celsius), elevated heart rate, respiration rate, shortness of breath, lung congestion, height, and weight. Within seconds, the SymptomSense device provides health status with clear messaging and indicators for screening staff.
Large Carrier Bag
Tasmanian Tiger offers a large-capacity, modular, and customizable deployment bag. Featuring 190-liter volume for gear, clothes, and accessories, the 700 denier CORDURA TT MIL Transporter also has a separate weapons pouch on the side in which the weapon is freely suspended and has a lockable zipper. Built on an aluminum frame trolley with wheels for easy transport, the frame trolley is also removable. Internal fiberglass rods keep the bag laterally stabilized, and a compression strap further secures interior gear. Additional hook-and-loop strips on the outside allow for more pouches to be attached. The interior is customizable with sliding dividers and removeable zipper pockets.
No-Contact Fever Detection Device
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Shooter Detection Systems, in partnership with X.Labs, offers Feevr, an artificial intelligence (AI), non-contact thermal imaging technology that detects individuals in a crowd with an elevated temperature. Feevr is an affordable, efficient, handheld or tripod-mounted AI-based system law enforcement can use to screen individuals for elevated temperatures. It quickly screens and detects individuals with an elevated temperature. Utilizing a thermal imaging camera and an AI-based mobile app, Feevr automatically alerts when a scanned person’s temperature exceeds a predetermined threshold, allowing for immediate intervention and maintaining physical distance to protect public safety officers from infection.
https://shooterdetectionsystems.com
Handheld Explosives Detector
FLIR Systems, Inc. offers the FLIR Fido X4, the most advanced version of its premium handheld explosives trace detector. The Fido X4 detects a broad range of explosives. Its TrueTrace detection technology features a five-channel sensor array that accurately detects explosives at nanogram to sub-nanogram levels—including military, commercial, and homemade explosives—in as little as 10 seconds. Fido’s multiplatform adaptability allows users to switch the device from hand-held operation to unmanned systems. It weighs three pounds; is ergonomically built; has hot-swappable batteries; is designed for extended operations; and has a simplified user interface with video tutorials, user prompts, and color-coded alarms.
Rifle Magazines
Mission First Tactical introduces the Extreme Duty Window Magazine (EXDPM556-W). Designed for the AR15/M4, but allowing use with a wide range of non-AR15/M4 platforms, the Extreme Duty Window Magazine is currently available in Black and Scorched Dark Earth and will also be available in colored windows and decorated units in the future. The magazines boast enhanced strength, durability, and reliability. Durable dual-side anti-glare transparent windows, numerical markers, and a high-visibility indicator coil on the spring allow quick visual identification of the remaining rounds. The spring is corrosion resistant, and the four-way, anti-tilt, self-lubricating follower keeps the rounds aligned, virtually eliminating jambs.
Firearms
European American Armory Corporation (EAA Corp.), importers of select quality and affordable handguns, rifles, and shotguns, announce new EAA designed Tanfoglio competition-style pistols. EAA’s Witness Stock III Xtreme and Witness Stock II Xtreme double-action, semi-automatic pistols are part of their new series of custom Witness pistols. Both models are available in 9mm and .40 S&W and are hand-tuned. The Witness Stock III Xtreme pistol is built with a straight barrel with polygonal rifling for increased accuracy and barrel strength. The internal parts, such as the hammer, guide rod, firing pin, firing pin spring, and hammer spring are designed to perform flawlessly, even under extreme conditions.
Electronic Media Shredder
The FlashEx from Intimus is a rugged, durable shredder designed to quickly, easily, and safely destroy a wide variety of electronic media. FlashEx’s has a compact size and quiet operation. Items that can be easily destroyed by FlashEx include cellphones, mini tablets, USB sticks, CDs/DVDs, credit cards, and ID badges. Small items like CDs are fed into a narrow slot. Larger items are fed through a slide open/close feed slot on the top of the unit. Once an item enters the destruction chamber, heavy steel, claw-style cutters grab it and shred it to particles of only 4mm x 15mm.
Visualization Platform
Hexagon AB introduces HxDR, a cloud-based, digital reality visualization platform. HxDR creates accurate digital representations of the real world through seamlessly combining reality capture data from airborne imagery and laser scans, indoor and outdoor terrestrial scans, and mobile mapping sensors. Users can leverage the complete, accurate, and precise replicas to visualize and share their models within real-world contexts, helping users to make more informed decisions. Users can drag and drop their reality capture files into HxDR, or they can license real-world replicas from Hexagon’s collection of towns, cities, and landscapes.
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