Explosives - EOD
The Explosives / EOD topic helps law enforcement and bomb techs keep up on the latest developments in techniques, tactics, and technology to disarm and defend against these threats.
A regional bomb squad supervisor provides several examples of how a robot can be used to help bomb technicians render-safe IEDs from a safe distance
The new Fido X2 — which features FLIR’s proprietary TrueTrace technology — is touted as a cost-effective sensing instrument for law enforcement agencies that delivers exceptional performance
Police carrying out security tests ahead of the Olympics managed to smuggle a fake bomb on to the main site
State law limits how long someone charged with a felony can be held without an indictment
The New York Police Department’s Harbor Unit is relying more on unmanned submarine drones to detect explosives, narcotics
Concluding that local authorities should avoid pursuing terrorism charges just because federal officials might not agree may underestimate the capabilities, effectiveness, and professionalism of state and municipal counterterrorism units
Natural gas rerouted to the office of a gang task force was rigged to explode
Authorities say woman’s boyfriend convinced her to place the bomb
To many people in the English-speaking world, al-Awlaki has been the face of al Qaeda since SEALs killed Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan
The plan failed after police quickly traced the call to a payphone outside a gas station
Investigators are trying to determine is whether one of the victims was targeted or whether the attack was random
Authorities evacuated an entire neighborhood block Tuesday afternoon
An unidentified person made the threat Monday in a voicemail
A container of explosives was stolen as police conducted a training exercise at Sky Harbor International Airport
Officials say a large amount of fireworks were found inside the vehicle
On Tuesday evening, police found a journal and materials to make pipe bombs
Suspect believed to be responsible for the device attached to a woman’s neck for 10 hours
Minn.-based ReconRobotics is revolutionizing real-time surveillance
In the chilling 2003 incident, officers nervously surrounded Brian Wells, who had a bomb strapped around his neck
The Oslo attack has already spurred anti-terrorism officials to look at ways to flag suspicious sales of legal chemicals that can be used to make explosives
A police strike force has been formed to conduct inquires after a Sydney schoolgirl was targeted in an elaborate bomb hoax
The “Ammonium Nitrate Security Program” would require those who purchase, sell or transfer at least 25 pounds of the chemical in the U.S. to register with the government so that they may be screened
The children had the grenade in an upstairs bedroom when it detonated
The technology will allow a command center to monitor 2,000 mobile radiation detectors
Unit has arrested 20 while seizing 300 cases of fireworks worth more than $25,000
According to the Waukesha regulation on fireworks ordinance, no person shall sell, expose, offer for sale, use, keep, discharge or explode any fireworks
Saturation news coverage about wildfires in New Mexico appears to have to put a damper on fireworks sales
The Independence Day holiday can increase exponentially the number of intoxicated knuckleheads you’re likely to encounter on your shift
We always look for guns and drugs, but do we know the myriad other things which might be right under our noses and could be used to injure huge numbers of people?
Township police called for assistance from the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office Bomb Squad after examining the grenades, which had pins in them and did not have hollowed-out bottoms
Probation search yielded two pipe bombs in 16-year-old’s room