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It is commonly used by police to check the speed of moving vehicles while conducting traffic enforcement, and in professional sports to measure speeds such as those of baseball pitches, [1] tennis serves, and cricket bowls. [2] A radar speed gun is a Doppler radar unit that may be handheld, vehicle-mounted, or static.
Door breaching is a process used by military, police, or emergency services to force open closed or locked doors. A wide range of methods are available depending on the door's opening direction (inward or outward), construction materials, etc., and one or more of these methods may be used in any given situation.
This use of the fixed drone was likely the first instance of drone use by civilian police in the U.S. [citation needed] In 2011, an MQ-1 Predator was controversially used to assist an arrest in Grand Forks, North Dakota, the first time a UAV had been used by law enforcement officers in the U.S. to make an arrest.
The use of the devices has been frequently funded by grants from the Department of Homeland Security. [36] The Los Angeles Police Department used a Department of Homeland Security grant in 2006 to buy a StingRay for "regional terrorism investigations". [37]
Some are stationary, while others can be installed on police vehicles. ALPRs can track a car's movement through an area, or tell police officers all the cars that crossed a certain checkpoint ...
The Baltimore Police Department began using the devices in 2007. [2] The New York City Police Department has used the devices since 2008. [3] Initially, the use of stingray phone trackers was a secret, due to a number of non-disclosure agreements between individual police departments and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. [4]
Nov. 24—While discussing auto theft numbers earlier this month, the Albuquerque Police Department touted a new crime-fighting tool: the Grappler Police Bumper, a device used to stop fleeing ...
Community members who attended raised concerns about the role of military equipment in community policing and the role of the Police Review Commission.