Police Metal Detectors News & Articles

• A 'magic wand' for officer safety

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  Using the Metal-TEC 1400 from Torfino Enterprises, officers can trace the outline of concealed weapons and detect objects as small as SIM cards

• How to buy metal detectors

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  By Tim Dees Metal detectors are commonplace items in our society, as institutions have a greater fear of the threat of terrorism and workplace violence. They range from the large walk-through metal...

• Inaugural security plans go high-tech

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  By Kevin Johnson USA TodayWASHINGTON — Record crowds expected for President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration are prompting unique law enforcement strategies, including an unprecedented deployment ...

• Detroit courthouse gets new contraband detection system

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  A man is scanned by the system before passing through a metal detector at the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice.DETROIT, Mich. — The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office has obtained next-generation technology...

• Metal-detecting glove to help fight knife crime in UK

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  By Brenda HickmanEvening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) NEWCASTLE, England — Here's the latest hands-on approach to tackling knife crime — a vibrating metal mit.The new piece of kit was displayed b...

• New York's School weapon-scan called a success

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  NEW YORK — Students checked more than 1,500 guns, knives and other dangerous items at the door at New York City schools this year - down 18 percent from last year. From July 1, 2006, to June 10 of ...

• NYC police eye trucks as potential vehicles for terrorists

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  By TOM HAYSThe Associated Press NEW YORK — Days after authorities announced a suspected terrorist plot targeting Kennedy Airport, police at a security checkpoint in lower Manhattan were confronted ...

• Explosives found in N.J. school lockers

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  Students evacuated; devices detonated By MICHAEL J. FEENEY, Special to the Herald NewsHerald News (Passaic County, NJ)  WAYNE, N.J. — Authorities on Wednesday evening were questioning a number of W...

• CELL PHONE CAPABLE OF FIRING 4 .22 ROUNDS

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  Most see airport security as a pain. Some deal better than others. Some feel violated, when you watch this movie, you'll understand why they want your cell phone through the x-ray machine.Read this...

• It's shopping season. Is the mall safe?

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  By RACHEL LA CORTEAssociated Press Writer TACOMA, Wash.- In an instant, the controlled chaos of holiday shopping turned bloody when a man strolled into a busy shopping mall and opened fire on shopp...