Police Night Vision News & Articles

• Equinox Z series provides cops with affordable night vision solution

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  The units are ruggedized, water resistant and small enough to be carried in a patrol bag

• The technology that helped nab the Boston bombers

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  Technology played a big role in aiding the police operation that caught the Tsarnaev brothers

• Ground-based infrared gear for cops

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  These purchases can be easily justified to your community, and there are perfectly workable solutions available in the $2,000-$4,000 range

• SHOT Show 2013: Testing new tech at the FLIR Systems night shoot

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  After shooting new guns and seeing old friends at SHOT Show 2013 Media Day at the Range, attending the first-ever FLIR Systems night shoot was the perfect — albeit frigid cold — way to end our day

• White Paper: Adams Industries Air Ground Warrior Battery Pack for Aviation

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  By Adams Industries Operators from the U. S. Army Special Forces and others have been conducting multiple recon and surveillance operations as well as direct action missions and engaging targets ut...

• White Paper: Adams Industries Surface Anvis Mount for Aviation

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  By Adams Industries Operators from the U. S. Army Special Forces and others have been conducting multiple recon and surveillance operations as well as direct action missions and engaging targets ut...

• IACP 2012 video interview: FLIR Systems

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  These LS devices take that seemingly-impossible balance between brute strength and feather weight to a totally new level

• Throwable SWAT robot aids in special operations

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  Users can locate suspects, confirm presence of hostages or determine a building's layout

• Convicted sex offender captured in ND cornfield

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  Dozens of local, state and federal officials had searched for Joseph Megna, 29

• 10 top police products

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  Police1 readers told us why they can’t – or wouldn’t want to – live without these products

• Video: Closer look at high-tech LAPD Chevy Caprice PPV

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  By Police1 StaffAOL's Translogic web series took a closer look at the LAPD's new Chevy Caprice PPV, set to debut in 2012. Check out the rundown of the Caprice's high-tech features, from a 6.0 liter...

• FLIR's H-Series Thermal Imagers offer high resolution for low price

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  New handheld cameras pack plenty of features

• How to buy emergency lighting

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  By Mike Shimwell S A Equipment Republished with permission of International Fire Fighter Magazine It is essential that public safety responders have access to a wide variety of lighting equipment, ...

• The big picture: SOLTEC's NEC Avio G120 Camera

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  New entry into thermal imager market offers panoramic scan

• SHOT Show 2010: Advanced thermal imagers clear the way for night vision

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  FLIR Systems and ATN take night vision to the next level

• Four exercises that can enhance night vision

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  Good night vision plays a crucial role in officer safety. One of the best ways to enhance it is to improve the circulation in your eyes. Here are four easy exercises, suggested by a Professor of Op...

• Control lighting inside your unit to protect your night vision

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  At night, avoid bright white light inside your patrol car. Turning on your overhead dome light moments before exiting at night, for example, can be extremely detrimental to your ability to adapt to...

• Latest police technology, equipment on view at Fla. expo

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  By Jerome Burdi Sun-SentinelFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Looking for the latest gadgets, guns and self-defense tactics?Public safety professionals at the Palm Beach County Convention Center Wednesday fo...

• How to buy night vision

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  Night vision devices provide officers with the ability to see, maneuver, and shoot at night or during periods of reduced visibility. This provides a tactical advantage over your adversaries (if the...

• Night vision technology helps Calif. rescues

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  By Beatriz E. Valenzuela Daily PressVICTORVILLE, Calif. — It's a frightening situation: A hiker has lost his way in the mountains and the sun is quickly setting.As recently as two years ago, the st...

• Indy police get gift of night sight

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  ITT donates 20 night-vision goggles to FWPD, sheriff's departmentBy Nate Hodges, Aaron Organ News-SentinelFORT WAYNE, Ind. — Criminals hiding in the dark, beware -- police can see you.ITT Corp. don...

• Calif. cops seize NGVs, guns, and drugs

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  By Joshua Melvin Contra Costa TimesEAST PALO ALTO, Calif. — A submachine gun, crack cocaine, night vision goggles, and a pistol were among the items a strike team hauled in this week during two sep...

• To see and not be seen? Priceless…

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  Related articles: Seeing night vision technology in a new light Using night vision in covert operations“It was like a horror movie. The power was out. The lightning flashes were lighting up the hou...

• Using night vision in covert operations

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  Related articles: Seeing night vision technology in a new light To see and not be seen? Priceless…It’s three in the morning. You’re “camoed up and burrowed down” in the tall grass of a local farmer...

• Seeing night vision technology in a new light

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  Night vision equipment – everything from video and SLR camera lenses to rifle scopes and night vision goggles (NVGs) – is increasingly ubiquitous in departments throughout the country. Once supplie...

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