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Protect From Gun Fire At a Distance

Catwell

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Test of the prototype scanner (via NYPD)

 

Every police officer uses their street smarts and observational methods when approaching all different types of individuals. They are always cautious when approaching everyone, you never know who you are dealing with, or if they have a weapon.

 

Now new technology is here to help our protectors by analyzing the subjects from a distance. New York City Police Foundation, Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly said they were working to develop a gun-scan technology alongside the Defense Department.

 

The device would operate like an airport body scanner by reading the reflected energy people release and pinpointing an object that is blocking the flow, like a gun. Their goal is a portable terahertz scanning device. (I am sure all the 5" cell-phone in our pockets will never alarm the police.)

 

At the moment it is being tested for our police offers safety at the police shooting range, according to NYPD spokesperson Paul J. Browne. It has successfully works as a distance of about ten to sixteen feet. Mr. Browne alleged, “We’re looking for it to be effective up to [82 feet] 25 meters."

 

Perhaps the NYPD should join in on the latest X PRIZE, it seems they have the technology already developed.

 

Cabe

  • Having hacked many cameras to work in the IR range ((2 micron or greater) which is the Top end of the Terahertz rage) I can indeed atest to it`s efficacy when looking through things, even tattoos under T`shirts!

    I can`t afford an FLIR cam (yet) but I am wondering why they don`t just use FLIRs anyway?

    the Fire service has handheld devices that would easily see a gun or even tell you if your nose was cold at quite some distance image

    the only hold up (no pun intended) that I can see would possibly the resolution involved to tell a gun from a cell phone?

    Great idea though! image

  • While I am not sure if 25 meters is enough distance, having the ability to scan an area for potential threats could definately give the police a heads up on where they could expect problems.  It still would not help in an ambush, but for a quick area scan it could save many lives.

     

    DAB