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Sector Report for Tuesday, 14 June 2011: Law Enforcement Technology
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Sector Report for Friday, 1 June 2011: Law Enforcement Technology
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Sector Report for Tuesday, 17 May 2011: Law Enforcement Technology
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Sector Report for Tuesday, 3 May 2011: Law Enforcement Technology
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Sector Report for Tuesday, 19 April 2011: Law Enforcement Technology
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Sector Report for Tuesday, 5 April 2011: Law Enforcement Technology
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Sector Report for Tuesday, 22 March 2011: Law Enforcement Technology
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Studying counterterrorism in Israel upsets Cambridge residents
Some residents of Cambridge, Massachusetts are upset that sixteen law enforcement and emergency services officials from the city went to Israel in an Anti Defamation League-sponsored trip to observe Israeli counterterrorism methods; the trip was funded by a local businessman; in a city hall meeting residents expressed discomfort with a privately organized trip for public officials — and with the fact that these officials chose Israel as the place to study counterterrorism tactics; one local resident said that what Israel calls “counterterrorism” is “a mechanism of oppression suited to employment in a police state, a status I do not regard our city as having obtained. At least not yet”
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Sector Report for Tuesday, 8 March 2011: Law Enforcement Technology
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Sector Report for Tuesday, 22 February 2011: Law Enforcement Technology
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Foreign orders for Mass.-built bomb-disposal robots
Massachusetts-based robot maker received orders for twenty-seven additional bomb-disposal robots from unnamed international customers; the company has delivered bomb-disposal robots to more than twenty-five countries
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Sector Report for Tuesday, 8 February 2011: Law Enforcement Technology
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DHS grant buys gear for Ohio fire department
A DHS grant will allow the Lancaster, Ohio fire department to upgrade aging equipment and purchase a sophisticated new wireless tracking system; the new system will allow commanders to track firefighters on the scene and can send out distress signals if the firefighter becomes trapped or is impaired; the DHS grant covered $57,000 of the total $62,000; another $300,000 DHS grant will pay for a new fire truck to replace an aging truck that dates back to 1983; Lancaster has suffered from budget shortfalls and was forced to lay off firefighters
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Enzyme provides protection against nerve gas
Nerve agents disrupt the chemical messages sent between nerve and muscle cells, causing loss of muscle control, and ultimately leading to death by suffocation; protection against nerve gas attack is a significant component of the defense system of many countries around the world; nerve gases are used by armies and terrorist organizations, and constitute a threat to both the military and civilian populations, but existing drug solutions against them have limited efficiency; a multidisciplinary team of scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, succeeded in developing an enzyme that breaks down nerve agents efficiently before damage to nerves and muscles is caused
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Sector Report for Tuesday, 25 January 2011: Law Enforcement Technology
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The long view
Bans on Facial Recognition Are Naïve — Hold Law Enforcement Accountable for Its Abuse
The use of facial recognition technology has become a new target in the fight against racism and brutality in law enforcement. The current controversy over facial recognition purports to be about bias — inaccurate results related to race or gender. Osonde A. Osoba and Douglas Yeung write that “That could be fixed in the near future, but it wouldn’t repair the underlying dilemma: The imbalance of power between citizens and law enforcement. On this, facial recognition ups the ante. These tools can strip individuals of their privacy and enable mass surveillance.