American Security Today's 2016 CHAMPIONS EDITION Digital Magazine AST 2016 CHAMPIONS EDITION | Page 53

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Any vapor / particles released in the air inside the car environment and in the trunk area is picked up and concentrated onto the sample card .
This allows low concentration of concealed explosives and ammunition to be collected and analyzed before the car is admitted to the site .
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the biggest sport stadium in Toronto for screening all cars , trucks and containers coming to the underground parking lot .
Another deployment of TeknoSan Trace Chemical Detector Systems , has been carried out at the Trump Hotel in downtown Toronto throughout the election and afterwards . High volume air aspiration and onsite detection are poised to revolutionize the way venues guard against explosive threats .
Police Officer collecting a sample for analysis
Total process of sampling and analysis is less than 60 seconds .
Material detected includes all types of explosives including IEDs .
By incorporating new science and techniques , TeknoScan has created a more accurate and powerful , more comprehensive TCD solution .
Technologies such as gas chromatography and ion mobility spectrometry are combined with advanced signal processing techniques and a unique sample card design .
Trump International Hotel & Tower Toronto
The biggest threat to government and private institutions comes in the form of a vehicle-borne device , trucks , containers where most of the time canine cannot access the inside enclosure of the transportation vehicle .
New technologies are helping venue operators guard against threats but need to be adapted to new threats like drone-based . Generally , the magnitude of damage delivered by drones is limited .
Whereas , bulk threat is far more reaching and present technology level can effectively deal with this type of threats .
Skydome Rogers Center Toronto Canada ( Image courtesy of
Wikipedia )
This novel application of explosives and drugs sniffers was also deployed at the Rogers Centre ,
Dr . Sabatino Nacson , CTO , TeknoScan Systems
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