The Police Chief keeps you on the cutting edge of law enforcement technology with monthly product announcements. Items about new or improved products are based on news releases supplied by manufacturers and distributors; IACP endorsement is in no way implied.

Touchscreen displays for helicopter

Robinson has added Garmin’s new G500H TXi displays to its R44 and R66 options. The two TXi displays add touchscreen functionality to Garmin’s popular G500H system and consolidate PFD/MFD information onto a single screen. The upgraded displays provide increased resolution and interface with Garmin’s GTN 6xx/7xx touchscreen GPS series. The new landscape-oriented display was designed specifically for Robinson and allows the pilot to switch between a full-screen PFD or full-screen moving map. The compact console configuration eliminates the need for a separate GTN GPS console in front of the pilot.

For more information, visit www.robinsonheli.com.

Voice biometrics engine

Phonexia launched Deep Embeddings, the latest generation of its voice biometrics engine for speaker identification and verification. The new technology uses deep neural networks (DNN) to map voices directly to their unique small and fixed-length records called voiceprints. Deep Embeddings is available within the Phonexia Speech Platform and is the world’s first commercially available voice biometric engine with this machine learning capability. It uses a discriminative training model to identify the truly unique features in each individual’s voice, creating voiceprints fast.

For more information, visit www.phonexia.com/en/product/voice-biometrics.

Intelligent video management solution

Arteco offers the Arteco Videowall, which enhances situational awareness and improves multiagency collaboration. Arteco Videowall delivers a rich experience by combining data, including videos, maps, peripherals, web pages, integrated third-party systems, and event notifications, into a single visual interface. Other specialized content, such as real-time news feeds, weather monitoring, system status information, and operator protocols, can be easily shared with others, facilitating joint and immediate action. Completely scalable, Videowall supports a wide variety of security operation centers. The solution can also be leveraged across multiple sites in different locations, such as a local emergency operations center.

For more information, visit www.arteco-global.com.

UAV data extraction tools

MSAB has partnered with URSA Inc. to expand its drone forensic capabilities. URSA’s Idetic Unmanned tools are designed to collect, integrate, analyze, and present UAV-related data. The company provides accurate understanding of drone telemetry data and metadata to support law enforcement and intelligence investigations in the rapidly evolving unmanned vehicle and robotics ecosystem. MSAB’s product XRY now supports extraction of data from a number of popular drone models, allowing investigators to see flight path data and other data that can assist their investigations and enforcement activities involving illegal drones.

For more information, visit www.msab.com/products/drones.

Rifles

DoubleStar Corp., manufacturers of high-quality, U.S.-made AR components, rifles, and pistols, introduces the American-made STAR10-BX rifle line with two new calibers: 6.5 Creedmoor and .260 Remington. The STAR10-BX utilizes a 22-inch stainless steel, free floating, heavy barrel with a 1:8 twist rate for added velocity. It also incorporates the STAR10-B billet aircraft 7075 TC aluminum upper and lower receivers anodized to MIL-SPEC. The flattop upper receiver features a brass deflector and dust cover, while the lower receiver features an integrated trigger guard and enhanced magazine well. The STAR10-BX also features a CMC 3.5 lb. Trigger Group and the ACE Hammer buttstock.

For more information, visit www.star15.com.

Cellphone call data analytics updates

CellHawk from Hawk Analytics has new updates, such as reverse phone lookup—users can hover over and right-click any outside number within CellHawk to get the carrier and subscriber information within seconds. Hawk Analytics has integrated the case manager, agency account information, phone lookup tool, and content from Support@Hawk into its new dashboard concept. The improved preservation letter and search warrant templates have easy-to-use drop-down options. The advanced filtering tool offers more filtering options to one or all target records.

For more information, visit www.hawkanalytics.com.

High-visibility garments

West Chester Protective Gear is introducing a new line of high-quality, high-visibility garments, distinguished by a broad range of styles, customization options, and low price points. The product line includes vests, shirts, outerwear and rainwear, designed for a variety of work environments. All vests and shirts feature moisture wicking to keep wearers dry and comfortable. They are available in classic, breakaway, and surveyor styles with many color block and reflective tape patterns. Standard and oversized pockets allow wearers to store smaller cell phones, pens and notebooks, as well as larger tablet-sized electronics. Ladies’ vest sizes are also offered.

For more information, visit westchestergear.com/vizup.

Smart technology for bike patrols

Ekin, the leader in safe city technologies, offers the Ekin Bike Patrol, the first and only smart patrol product for bicycles. It performs automatic license plate recognition (ALPR), speed detection, and parking violation detection on the move. It is easily installed on any police bicycle. The compact design allows for parking violation and speed detection and number plate recognition even at areas fixed solutions cannot control and where motored vehicles reach their limits. It detects vehicles that are on the blacklist by their number plates and generates an audio or visual alarm notification on its tablet application.

For more information, visit www.ekin.com.

Video storage solution

StorageCraft is addressing the high cost, complexity, and compliance of storing video surveillance footage with an innovative solution that meets the storage demands of law enforcement surveillance. The number of police departments mandated to deploy BWCs is rising quickly. StorageCraft introduces StorageCraft for Law Enforcement, an easy to manage, flexible, and highly scalable video storage solution. Law enforcement agencies can start with 10 terabytes of storage and scale up to petabytes in the same cluster. They can add any number of drives, anytime and in any granularity, to meet their storage requirements. And, when they expand their available storage capacity, there is zero configuration and no application downtime.

For more information, visit www.storagecraft.com.

In-vehicle cell signal boosters

SureCall, the performance leader for cellular signal boosters, announces the Fusion2Go 3.0 and Fusion2Go 3.0 RV, its newest generation of in-vehicle cell phone signal boosters. SureCall’s products for commercial, personal, and fleet use, including the Fusion2Go line, boost cellular service in areas with critically low cell signal strength. The Fusion2Go 3.0 and Fusion2Go 3.0 RV boost all North American carrier signals to provide a car full of users with reliable voice, text, and 4G LTE data. The SureCall Fusion2Go line works with all cellular providers in the United States and Canada.

For more information, visit www.surecall.com.

Motion capture camera

Developers at Qualisys offer a new camera to the Oqus line. The Oqus 6+ is a high-end camera, suitable for traditional motion capture labs, but without the traditional high cost. Oqus cameras are daisy-chained, which means less cables and easier setup. IP67 hardware and covered housing protects the technology from wet and cold environmental conditions. By filling the void between too many high-end features and low cost, the Oqus 6+ is making the Oqus camera the most versatile in the motion capture industry.

For more information, visit www.qualisys.com.