Posts Tagged ‘police’

Comings and goings of Palm Beachers and others will come under greater scrutiny with the Police Department’s plan to upgrade its video surveillance system. Public Safety Director Kirk Blouin said the new cameras are technologically superior to those now in place and will enhance the department’s ability to investigate and solve crimes. Some may view… Read more >>

Instead of using stealth undercover surveillance trucks to catch criminals, Florida police have taken the more brazen route and dispatched a renovated armored bank truck problem neighborhoods of Fort Lauderdale in hopes of scaring the would-be thieves and felons. The truck, which has been dubbed ‘The Peacemaker’, even has the boldfaced message ‘Warning: you are… Read more >>

CCTV images of a visitor to the home of a Hungarian man later found murdered have been released by detectives in Northamptonshire. A man visited KarolyVarga, 76, at his home in Wellingborough at midday on 27 July. Footage shows the man knocking on MrVarga’s door and going in when it opened. After a few moments… Read more >>

Video surveillance is on the rise, and not just for private businesses and major urban areas: It’s a growing portion of FY2012 security’s $300 million spending budget across state and local jurisdictions of all sizes. According to Joanna Salini, research analyst for the Deltek Justice/Public Safety team, that trend is expected to grow, driven by… Read more >>

Promising results from new fingerprint identification technology are helping point more criminal investigations in the right direction than ever before, says a Calgary police representative.The $1.3-million Automated Fingerprint Identification System, also known as MorphoBIS, was introduced locally in February and so far investigators have seen a nearly 10 per cent spike year-over-year in positive IDs… Read more >>