3D Laser Scanners News & Articles

• How to buy laser scanners (eBook)

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  Download this Police1 laser scanners buying guide to learn key steps for product selection, purchasing and implementation

• Using laser scanning technology to extract data from video evidence

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  By combining video evidence with point clouds generated by laser scanners, forensic investigators can accurately measure positions, distances and heights of objects and people in 3D

• 2021 guide to drones in law enforcement (eBook)

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  Download Police1's guide to use cases for UAS deployment

• Tired of hearing demands for better data? Why ignoring it won’t help

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  What is it about law enforcement that makes sharing information so hard? Here are 3 challenges to overcoming the digital paradox

• (Infographic) See how this law enforcement search engine tool is every investigator’s secret weapon

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  Watch how one tool can bring your agency’s disparate data sets all in one place

• It takes a village

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  How to leverage nontraditional resources to assist law enforcement operations

• Case study: How one crime investigations unit cracked open a crime network and increased multijurisdictional collaboration

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  One DA’s office leveraged a tool considered the ‘Google for law enforcement’ to use a torrent of data to its advantage

• Integrating laser scanning and UAV data gives investigators a new 3D view

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  The 2017 DuPont train derailment outside Tacoma provided investigators the opportunity to push the limits of an integrated scanning/UAV point cloud approach

• 3 ways a 3D laser scanner can benefit your agency

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  Scan crime and crash scenes quickly and accurately for reconstruction, analysis and courtroom presentation

• Prepare for laser scanner grant application success

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  Check off the needed elements to submit a winning proposal, including why you need the tools, how they will benefit your operations and who will manage the application process

• 4 ways to get ready for a laser scanner grant

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  Prepare data and build partnerships now to ease the application process when grants are announced.

• How to find grant funding to purchase 3D laser scanners

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  Grant dollars are available to support law enforcement technology purchases at the federal and state level and from private foundations

• How 3D scanning puts the crime scene in the courtroom

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  In today’s digital age, presenting static photographs of crime scenes and evidence to a jury seems archaic; fortunately, 3D scanning technology brings the crime scene into the courtroom

• 2018 Guide to Police 3D Laser Scanner Grants (eBook)

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  Learn how to win grants for your agency to improve crime and accident scene mapping and analysis

• How 3D printing can benefit SWAT teams and bomb squads

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  If you can draw a circle, a square and a line, you can draw just about any idea out there, and develop a product that solves your problem

• Police grants: What’s being federally funded in 2018?

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  Here's a summary of federal funding in 2018 for law enforcement agencies

• Can you 3D print a bump fire stock?

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  The law enforcement community needs to educate itself on 3D printing and its potential illegal uses

• How police departments are using 3D printing to solve crime

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  This disruptive technology can help solve crime and convict perpetrators

• How criminals are using 3D printing

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  Criminals are using 3D printing to make guns, reproduce keys and manufacture illegal drugs

• Why police should use new crime scene mapping technology

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  A picture may be worth a thousand words, but crime scene mapping using 3-D laser scanners provides context, accuracy and speed

• Digital Edition: How new tech and tactics are helping cops solve more crimes

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  Our newest Police1 Digital Edition explores police technologies designed to improve your investigations and operations

• Ind. police buy 3-D scanner with grant money

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  In case of a natural disaster or a search of the building, for instance, having a high-quality digital map help find people

• Why police officers should take advantage of tax breaks (and how to do it)

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  From allowable deductions to deferred compensation, learn how to fully leverage these financial opportunities