Surface Guard

Ameristar Surface Guard Selected for Rapid Deploy Vehicle Barrier (Videos)

Across the United States and Europe we have witnessed  an increasing number of large outdoor events, targeted for senseless acts of violence at an alarming rate. Ameristar Perimeter Security, a new Finalist in...
Learn More about how DHS S&T is working to develop advanced new screening technologies and tools that can find explosives in baggage & more, to improve threat detection capabilities of current X-ray technologies for checked & carry on baggage systems.

DHS S&T to Improve X-Ray Detection with $3.5M in Awards (Multi-Video)

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), a  Platinum Award Winner in the 2018 'ASTORS' Homeland Security Awards Program, has awarded a total of nearly $3.5 million in funding...
N-Ethylpentylone is being passed off as the street drug ‘Ectasy’ or MDMA and is extremely dangerous, as N-Ethylpentylone is significantly more potent than MDMA and therefore very easy to overdose.

DEA Acts Against Deadly Synthetic Drug Linked to 151 Overdose Deaths

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has taken action against a dangerous designer synthetic cathinone linked to 151 overdose deaths in the United States between 2015 and 2018. N-Ethylpentylone is a substituted cathinone and stimulant drug which was...
US Marshals

Meet Elite Task Force Helping Crack NYC’s Deadliest Cases (Multi-Video)

August 20, 2018 – In Breaking News – NY Post It’s a typical late afternoon in Chelsea: Revelers stumble from one trendy bar to the next, sightseers flock to the High Line,...
Google releases free AI tool to identify child sex abuse images online to help reviewers remove illegal material quicker.

Using AI to Help Detect & Report Child Sexual Abuse Material Online (Videos)

By Nikola Todorovic, Google Engineering Lead; Abhi Chaudhuri, Google Product Manager, and Google Using the internet as a means to spread content that sexually exploits children is one of the worst abuses...
Resolve’s through-barrier capability removes the need to open containers - hazards remain contained & evidence is preserved - enabling response teams to identify container contents early in an operation, prior to escalation.

UK Border Force Deploys Resolve Handheld HAZMAT Detection System

The UK Border Force is now using the Resolve handheld Raman system, a Gold Award Winner in the 2017 'ASTORS' Homeland Security Awards Program, from Agilent Technologies. Providing a revolutionary new capability...
The devastating hurricanes and wildfires of 2017 reminded the nation of the importance of preparing for disasters. Often, we will be the first ones in our communities to take action after a disaster strikes and before first responders arrive, so it is important to prepare in advance to help yourself and your community. (Image courtesy of Getty via National VOAD & Twitter)

Get Involved – September is National Preparedness Month (Multi-Video)

National Preparedness Month (NPM), recognized each September, provides an opportunity to remind us that we all must prepare ourselves and our communities now and throughout the year. This NPM will focus on...
These proposed educational awareness initiatives will provide employees the information necessary to better cope with professional and personal challenges, and behavioral wrong turns that may lead to suicide.

Proactive 10 Step Suicide Reduction Program for Law Enforcement

By Vincent J. McNally, MPS Suicide is a major issue of concern within law enforcement, and with the extreme level of scrutiny thrust daily upon Police Departments they need to utilize all...
Dawn Wallace, a conservator for the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History, analyzes one of the recovered slippers known as the “traveling pair”—one of at least four pairs used in The Wizard of Oz that are still in existence—which were stolen in 2005 and recovered earlier this summer during a sting operation (Courtesy of the Smithsonian and the FBI)

FBI Recovers Stolen ‘Wizard of Oz’ Ruby Slippers – Seeks Aid (Videos)

By the FBI A pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz and stolen from the actress’ namesake museum in Minnesota more than a decade ago...
A 19 yo Afghan citizen identified only as Jawed S. had a “terrorist motive” for allegedly stabbing two Americans at the main train station in Amsterdam, who suffered “serious but non-life threatening injuries,” and are being treated at a Dutch hospital. (Courtesy of Twitter and YouTube)

Suspect in Stabbing of 2 Americans Questioned for Terror Motive (Videos)

By Mike Corder, AP News The U.S. State Department offered help Sunday to investigators in the Netherlands who are treating the stabbings of two American tourists at Amsterdam’s main railway station as...