I See You
Tactical video systems have become less bulky and easier to use, evolving into systems that are truly portable through wireless technology and adaptability. Some systems can serve patrol officers, though not all are suitable for uses outside special units.
Tactical Electronics’ PCSS1 Wireless Pole Camera Search System offers encrypted and nonencrypted modes and lacks battery belt packs and external cables; it too can be used underwater, and has fiber scopes and display options available.
Zistos’ portable video systems can all be configured with interchangeable camera heads and other attachments.
CamLite’s handheld camera system is a combination flashlight, video camera, and wireless transmitter with a long range, and is compatible with some in-car video systems and weighs just over a pound.
DTC Communications’ Wireless FLIR ThermoVision Scout is a passive infrared receiver providing thermal imaging capabilities, and is easy to handle and linked to a wireless transmitter; Instrument Technology’s video systems are good for a range of police operations and can use a heads-up display or a handheld monitor, and also have various attachments like infrared cameras and fiber-optic video lenses.
Search Systems’ Searchcam 2000 IR is a pole- mounted audio and video system with a high-resolution video camera head and a telescoping probe and microphone, and its Searchcam Patrol System has a black-and-white camera and fits into the trunk of a patrol car.
Smith & Wesson’s Tactical Vision system includes a telescoping probe with a pivoting camera head, an LCD monitor, and an RCA jack, and can allow battery exchange without loss of power; it has its own light source and can be used under water.
Abstracted by the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center(NLECTC) from the Police (08/03) Vol. 27, No. 8, P. 34; Douglas, Dave.
