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The National Institute of Justice (NIJ Noun 1. NIJ - the law enforcement agency that is the research and development branch of the Department of Justice
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Department of Justice, DoJ, Justice Department, Justice - the United States federal department responsible for
) presents Hand-Held Metal Detectors for Use in Concealed Weapon concealed weapon n. a weapon, particularly a handgun, which is kept hidden on one's person, or under one's control (in a glove compartment or under a car seat).  and Contraband contraband, in international law, goods necessary or useful in the prosecution of war that a belligerent may lawfully seize from a neutral who is attempting to deliver them to the enemy.  Detection, which establishes performance requirements and testing methods for active hand-held metal detectors used to find metal weapons or metal contraband carried on a person or concealed by a nonmetal nonmetal, chemical element possessing certain properties by which it is distinguished from a metal. In general, this distinction is drawn on the basis that a nonmetal tends to accept electrons and form negative ions and that its oxide is acidic.  object. It contains definitions to help readers use and understand the specifications and provides field testing procedures for and mechanical drawings of several potentially dangerous test objects. This guide is available electronically at http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/200330.pdf.
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Title Annotation:Bulletin Reports; Hand-Held Metal Detectors
Publication:The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Jul 1, 2004
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