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.
Emergency shower decontamination booth
HEMCO Emergency Shower/Decontamination Booths are fully assembled and ready for installation to water supply and waste systems. The shower is molded in a one-piece seamless chemical resistant fiberglass and is equipped with a pull rod–activated shower and push handle eye/face wash for immediately drenching of personnel that have been exposed to hazardous chemicals. Shower is equipped with frosted front strip curtains, interior grab bars, raised deck grating, and bottom or rear drain outlet, and is compliant with ANSI and OSHA requirements.
For more information, visit www.HEMCOcorp.com.
HD Wi-Fi camera
Samsung Techwin America’s new wireless smart cam, the SNH-P6410BN WiseNet III Full HD Wi-Fi camera, offers a host of impressive features that set new standards for functionality and quality. Design features include full 1080p video quality at 30fps, a 128° ultra-wide angle field of view, dual band Wi-Fi, and advanced motion detection with real-time notification. The starting price makes this camera even more remarkable with true wide dynamic range (120dB WDR), a micro 64G SDXC memory card slot, and a speaker and microphone for two-way talk. Setup is fast and easy and requires no network configuration or monthly fees.
For more information, visit www.samsung-security.com.
Crime data solution
Unisys Corporation announces a new law enforcement solution, the Unisys Law Enforcement Application Framework (U-LEAF), which is designed to help police departments and other justice and public safety agencies collaborate to conduct and successfully close investigations and intelligence activities. The solution documents and logs evidence and intelligence related to criminal investigations, while facilitating the secure sharing of information across organization boundaries. U-LEAF provides law enforcement personnel with a single, browser-based interface with multiple analytical views of crime data to improve investigators’ ability to gather, analyze, and act upon critical information. The tool provides additional capabilities to aid criminal investigations, including security and auditing; workflow management; evidence management; disaster management; compliance; mobility; advanced analytics and data visualization; watch lists; mapping and geographical information systems; and social media analytics.
For more information, visit www.unisys.com.
Tough protective case
CMC Government Supply is proud to announce the addition of the NANUK 950 to its line of NANUK protective cases. Backed by the manufacturer’s lifetime guarantee and trusted by many government agencies to protect sensitive instruments and equipment, NANUK cases are built to meet strict military requirements for impact resistance and use stainless steel hardware while remaining lightweight. Military units and law enforcement agencies can protect large delicate equipment with the oversized NANUK 950 case. The new case is available at government contract pricing from CMC Government Supply. Measuring a generous 22.8 in. x 18.3 in. x 11.7 in., it remains easy to move with polyurethane wheels and an extending handle with a soft rubber grip. Powerclaw latches used on NANUK cases compress the lid and lock the case closed so it won’t pop open by accident.
For more information, visit www.cmcgov.com/store/pc/p27484.htm.
Onsite, lateral flow test for alcohol use
Express Diagnostics Int’l, Inc., announces the launch of the first-ever onsite, lateral flow test for Ethyl glucuronide (EtG), a unique biomarker of alcohol use. EtG testing previously has been available only through laboratories, at significant cost to users and requiring several days in transit and processing. The new DrugCheck Rapid EtG (patent pending) urine test delivers accurate, reliable results in as little as one minute, at a fraction of the cost of lab-based EtG tests. To perform a test, dip the test strip into a urine specimen for 15 seconds. Negative results can be read in as little as one minute. Positive results are interpreted at five minutes and are stable for two hours. The test has a shelf life of two years from the date of manufacture. The DrugCheck Rapid EtG test is for forensic use only and is intended for use only in alcohol abstinence monitoring for law enforcement, including correction centers, court systems, jails, police departments, probation offices, and other law enforcement organizations.
For more information, visit www.drugcheck.com/ac_dc-rapid-etg.html.
Protective mask
Made from neoprene material and equipped with an Active Carbon filter, the RZ Mask filtrates 99.9 percent of particulates as small as those from smoke and odor. The mask covers the nose and mouth and has seen application by police officers, fire fighters, and EMTs and has a range of over 40 other uses. It has been extremely popular in providing cold weather and air pollution protection within the law enforcement sector. The RZ Mask comes in over 20 designs and colors and retails for $29.95 at RZMask.com.
For more information, visit http://RZMask.com.
Door jamming device
The JAMMER, from RED Products, is a simple and cost-effective device designed to keep a door from closing. The JAMMER is a useful tool to prevent doors from closing behind first responders when entering an unstable environment. It is lightweight, so several JAMMERs can be carried in a pocket without adding bulk to personal protective equipment (PPE), and the high-visibility yellow color makes them easy to see so they do not get left behind.
For more information, visit www.theJammerUSA.com.
Digital evidence asset manager
Ocean Systems announces the release of its latest product offering—QuickDME. QuickDME is a secure, end-to-end, scalable digital media evidence asset manager that is easy to integrate within or between law enforcement agencies, allowing them to streamline the ingesting, storage, dissemination, tracking, and viewing of all their digital assets involved in a case. It supports all digital media files, including video, images, audio, documents, and programs. Evidence can be imported via a variety of methods, including auto-detect of a newly mounted drive or browsing to data locations for ingest. Additionally, the QuickDME data management engine preserves the folder structure of the imported media to ensure proper playback of proprietary media files that require associated files to be in a specific location. It is flexible and customizable, allowing it to be configured to match an agency’s policies and procedures through its password-protected administration functions. Case naming syntax; crime types; incident naming categories; and which cases get hashed and by what hash algorithm, can all be customized to match the needs of the agency’s protocols and standards.
For more information, visit www.oceansystems.com/QuickDME.
Embedded encryption software on tablets
Motion Computing and WinMagic Inc., have teamed up to improve mobile security. As part of this new partnership, WinMagic’s SecureDoc data encryption and security software is pre-installed on Motion’s new R12 tablets. SecureDoc comes at no additional cost for Motion customers and provides best-in-class data encryption to protect confidential and business critical information. For customers that need more than just stand-alone encryption offerings on their devices, they will be able to easily upgrade to the complete SecureDoc product suite, which offers fully centralized management capabilities and additional features. The R12 is the first of Motion’s products that will include SecureDoc embedded on the device, offering Full Volume Encryption (FVE), touch-enabled pre-boot authentication, self-help password recovery, Windows 8.1 encrypted Refresh and Reset, and more.
For more information, visit www.winmagic.com or www.motioncomputing.com.
Public service announcements
Viacom Inc., in partnership with the Joyful Heart Foundation founded by actress and advocate Mariska Hargitay of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, is raising awareness of the NO MORE movement to end domestic violence and sexual assault with a series of groundbreaking NO MORE PSAs. The NO MORE PSA campaign initially launched in September 2013 and was designed to help dispel many of the most common and pervasive myths about sexual assault and domestic violence and to engage the public in an open dialogue about these important issues. It is a public awareness movement focused on helping to normalize the conversation and break the social stigma surrounding domestic violence and sexual assault. By increasing visibility and fostering more dialogue, NO MORE seeks to change social norms, improve public policies, and generate more resources dedicated to prevention.
For more information, visit www.nomore.org.
Web review and analytics product
Nuix has launched Nuix Web Review and Analytics, a powerful web application that makes evidence securely and conveniently available using any modern web browser. This enables organizations to provide secure and compartmentalized access to case data for multiple reviewers, investigators, lawyers, subject matter experts, and external parties. It offers an easy-to-use interface that enables people with minimal technology expertise to search, review, and tag data. It is simple to set up and does not require complex hardware or back-end databases. It works seamlessly with case files created in Nuix’s Workbench desktop application and Director Web workflow application, making it possible to provide data for review rapidly without having to export from one format to another. It includes powerful timeline, network, trend, pivot, and intersection visualizations, allowing investigators to identify and correlate relationships between people, objects, locations, and events.♦
For more information, visit www.nuix.com.
