Stay up to date on new products and advances in technology to ensure your officers are equipped with the tools they need.
Stop, Swap, and Go with the New i-PRO BWC4000 Body-worn Camera
The new compact body-worn camera from Panasonic i-PRO features a 12H swappable battery, plus an easy-to-read LCD status screen displaying battery life, remaining recording capacity, operation mode, and more. Officers can swap drained batteries in seconds—without wires or plugs. Enhanced field of view and 1080p HD resolution captures fine details, and the unit can be switched to 720p to conserve bandwidth and capacity. Built-in Wi-Fi enables video to offload to the vehicle or a central server; video can also be downloaded via a hardwire dock. Additional features include Bluetooth, on-board GPS, H.265 compression, IP67 environmental rating, and MIL-STD 810H military-grade design.
Panasonic i-PRO Sensing Solutions Co., Ltd., is a global leader of advanced sensing technologies in the fields of Intelligent Surveillance, Public Safety, and Industrial/Medical Imaging. Established in 2019, i-PRO was built on a legacy of over 60 years of innovation with Panasonic.
The company’s products, software and services extend human senses to capture moments of truth with innovations that inform and protect. In order to help create a safer world, Panasonic i-PRO Sensing Solutions Co., Ltd., supports the work of professionals who protect and save lives.
Tethered Drone
Easy Aerial offers the Albatross drone. The Albatross offers users a robust and highly flexible autonomous drone solution with unlimited flight time and an unbreachable data connection. A reliable eye in the sky, the Albatross hexacopter is the most versatile and secure system in its class. Boasting a large 8.5lb payload capacity, the Albatross is ideal for extremely long overwatch or surveillance flights carrying multiple payloads in harsh weather conditions. Side hardpoints support a range of payloads such as floodlights and communications relays, loudspeakers. The bottom hardpoint is designed for gimbaled cameras or large intelligence surveillance reconnaissance payloads.
Face Shield Liners
NoSweat offers face shield liners. Some law enforcement officers have been wearing face shields as a precautionary measure during the pandemic, but such issues as sweat, fogging, and discomfort can arise when wearing them for a long time. NoSweat face shield liners are designed to stick to the forehead band of any face shield to wick away sweat, preventing it from running down the officer’s face and causing fogging and hygiene issues. The thin liners provide extra padding for the forehead area, preventing soreness and chafing, and extends the life of the face shield, keeping it stain and odor free.
Lockable Drawer
Tuffy Security Products introduces its Atlas Vault Lockbox, Model 364-01 for law enforcement agencies. This lockable drawer with a built-in cargo carrier on top measures 40″W x 20″L x 10″H, is manufactured of 16-gauge steel with a textured powder-coated finish, and can hold up to 100 pounds. It locks with an electronic combination lock. Items can also be stored on its top deck, which also has a tie-down weight capacity of 100 pounds. Both the drawer and the top deck have carpet lining. Atlas Vault mounts to the floor of pickups or SUVs with a mounting kit and comes with risers to lift it 5-8″ from the surface.
Helicopter Communications
Bell Textron Inc. announces today the Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the Installation of QuantiFLY, a new aircraft communication unit (ACU) powered by Truth Data, offering a true low-cost, lightweight, and fully automatic flight data monitoring (FDM) solution currently available for the Bell 407GXi and Bell 429. Bell developed QuantiFLY with Appareo and FDM analytics to enable operators to affordably use the data from QuantiFLY to be actionable and drive safety. The device utilizes cellular (4G LTE/3G GSM) on the ground data transmission to offboard aircraft flight parameter and maintenance data via the cloud for processing and analytics.
Gas and Radiation Hazard Monitoring Kit
Dräger offers the Dräger X-site Live, a state-of-the-art area monitoring kit for gas and radiation hazard monitoring. The X-site Live is the first industry kit of its kind to offer both gas and radiation detection, as well as FirstNet integration, a nationwide wireless broadband network that provides priority and preemption for First Responders and those who support them. A product designed to help safeguard first responders, it is easy to configure, allowing the kit to be up and running in minutes. It features a smart gateway for Wi-Fi and cellular communication in the cloud and a removable X-am 8000, for personal gas monitoring detection that displays up to seven gases simultaneously.
Smart Traffic Enforcement System
Ekin announces its mobile and portable smart traffic enforcement system Ekin X Spotter. This innovative technology gives public sector agencies and law enforcement providers the data collection capabilities to improve traffic and parking management, while reducing vehicle accidents. It uses AI and high-resolution video sensors to turn everyday cities into smart cities. It is also a mobile speed enforcement, automatic license plate recognition (ALPR), and traffic violation detection system, providing ALPR, vehicle speed, and violation detection capabilities to officers in the field using a 4K motor-zoom image sensor and video-based recognition technology. Its compact design allows for easy integration into any vehicle type or placement within the cityscape.
https://ekin.com/en/ekin-x-spotter
AI-Based Camera
Hanwha Techwin America offers the PNV-A9081R – 4K AI vandal-resistant dome camera with built-in IR illumination. Part of the Wisenet P series, the AI-based camera captures pristine images at up to 4K resolution while including powerful, in-camera deep learning algorithms for advanced object detection, classification, and error-free analytics. Utilizing object recognition versus motion detection all but eliminates false alarms. The included, license-free, analytics detect and classify a range of objects, including vehicles, license plates, people, and faces, and the unique attributes of the objects are stored as metadata alongside the video information. These metadata can be read by a VMS server.
Handheld Analyzer
Rigaku Analytical Devices’ award-winning Rigaku ResQ CQL offers first responders, border protection, and police with an advanced, handheld method for identifying potential chemical threats. The improved ergonomics, analytical performance, and sample presentation of ResQ CQL makes it even easier to perform chemical analysis of powders, liquids, gels, and mixtures, even in nonvisible amounts. The ResQ CQL’s standard library contains over 13,000 chemicals, as well as the added capabilities to upgrade, transfer, and translate entries. Additional smart features include an on board 5 MP camera, LED flashlight, quick scan button, multiple connectivity options (WiFi, USB, peer-to-peer), optional automated colorimetric, tamper-proof reports, and a periscope adaptor.
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