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Volume 17
The algorithm can detect a leave-behind item
while reducing the number of false alerts transit
police must resolve on a daily basis.
October 2017 Edition
It’s impossible for law enforcement of-
ficials to be everywhere at all times.
Another technology, the Forensic Video Exploi-
tation and Analysis (FOVEA) tool developed by
MIT Lincoln Laboratory, enables security person-
nel to tag a person to a left-behind item and then
reconstruct the path of that individual across mul-
tiple camera views.
The STETD Program is developing technology
to help those officials, providing solutions for en-
hanced security in the surface transportation en-
vironment, or anywhere there are unstructured
crowds (stadiums, convention centers, schools,
etc.).
With the development of these tools, S&T is striv-
ing to keep the traveling public safe.
(Learn More. Metro Transit Police Chief Ronald Pavlik de-
scribes the features and advantages of the Department’s new
Security Operations Control Center in Hyattsville, MD. Cour-
tesy of MetroForward and YouTube)
With FOVEA, hours of video can be scanned
much faster than it would normally take, making
the process more efficient and more effective.
These tools are being tested now by
WMATA and Amtrak.
Another key element to the program’s concept
is to use low-cost sensors, such as a centimeter
wave system, to serve as the initial layer for iden-
tifying potential items of interest.
This information can then focus a higher-fidelity
sensor, such as a millimeter wave system, to pro-
vide a far more detailed view of a potential threat.
This is done in a way that maintains the travel-
ing public’s privacy as well as its safety, by using
sensors that emit low levels of radio waves that
are equivalent to that of the average cell phone.
These sensors can be placed in walls, on
platforms, columns, ceilings, and even on
turnstiles.
To learn more, please visit the STETD website.
DHS Science & Technology Directorate
(S&T) Named as a Finalist in the 2017
‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards
Program
The 2017 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards
Program, is organized to recognize the most dis-
tinguished vendors of Physical, IT, Port Security,
Law Enforcement, First Responders, (Fire, EMT,
Military, Support Services Vets, SBA, Medical
Tech) as well as the Federal, State, County and
Municipal Government Agencies – to acknowl-
edge their outstanding efforts to ‘Keep our Na-
tion Secure, One City at a Time.’
American Security Today will be holding the 2017
‘ASTORS’ Awards Presentation Luncheon at
12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m, Wednesday, November
15th at ISC East, the Northeast’s largest secu-
rity industry event, in the Jacob Javits Exhibition
Center in New York City.
At ISC East you will have the chance to meet
with technical reps from over 225 leading brands
in the security industry, allowing you to find out
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