Law-enforcement technologyWolfhound sniffs out contraband cell phones
Wolfhound Cell Detector is a handheld, wireless sniffer specifically tuned to the RF signature of common cell phones; it helps universities, government and military installations, hospitals, law enforcement agencies, financial institutions, and prisons and correctional facilities enforce their No Wireless policies
The Wolfhound Cell phone detector // Source: telecommunicationnews.net
It took less than thirty minutes for the Wolfhound to sniff out ten contraband cell phones from a maximum security prison located near Bangkok, Thailand. The Wolfhound is not a dog but a gadget that looks like a TV remote for senior citizens.
Gearlog reports that the Wolfhound is made by Berkeley Varitronics Systems of Metuchen, New Jersey, which has been making wireless devices for over thirty-five years. The Wolfhound works by detecting cell phones’ RF energy, which it can do even through thick concrete walls. Gearlog notes that the Wolfhound is an affordable alternative to other systems which require a network infrastructure of wireless sensors to be hard-wired throughout a facility. Using it requires little training and it does not jam cell phones (which is illegal, since it prohibits legal cell phone use).
The company says the Wolfhound Cell Detector is specifically tuned to the RF signature of common cell phones including PCS, CDMA / WCDMA, GSM, and Cellular bands (specify North American or European/Asian model). Wolfhound Cell Detector’s high speed scanning receiver uses a multi-band DF (Direction Finding) antenna system allowing security personnel to locate all nearby cell phones in either standby mode or actively using voice, text (SMS), or data transmissions making, thus it a useful tool for enforcing No Wireless security policy in universities, government and military installations, hospitals, law enforcement agencies, financial institutions, and prisons and correctional facilities.
