Law Enforcement Technologies Assigned Exclusive Worldwide License by Sandia National Laboratories to Produce New Flash/Bang Device.Business Editors COLORADO SPRINGS Colorado Springs, city (1990 pop. 281,140), seat of El Paso co., central Colo., on Monument and Fountain creeks, at the foot of Pikes Peak; inc. 1886. It is a year-round resort and a booming military, technological, and commercial city. , Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 18, 2002 Safer Flash Bang Device to Disorient dis·o·ri·ent tr.v. dis·o·ri·ent·ed, dis·o·ri·ent·ing, dis·o·ri·ents To cause (a person, for example) to experience disorientation. Verb 1. Potential Lawbreakers Scheduled for February Release Law Enforcement Technologies, Inc., a leading developer of innovative products for police, prisons, private security and the military, announced that Sandia National Laboratories Sandia National Laboratories, which is managed and operated by the Sandia Corporation (a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation), is a major United States Department of Energy research and development national laboratory with two locations, one in Albuquerque, New has assigned it an exclusive worldwide license for a fuel/air combustion technology that will lead to the production of a safe, yet more powerful, flash/bang device. Called the M1-F/A, this new type of diversionary, or flash/bang device, generates substantially more luminosity luminosity, in astronomy, the rate at which energy of all types is radiated by an object in all directions. A star's luminosity depends on its size and its temperature, varying as the square of the radius and the fourth power of the absolute surface temperature. than current devices, but is non-explosive. Police throw diversionary devices into a room to cause a bright flash and a loud acoustical report to disorient suspects. The device is expected to be available by February 2003 and will be a new aid for law enforcement agencies A law enforcement agency (LEA) is a term used to describe any agency which enforces the law. This may be a local or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). in everyday use and in the war on terrorism Terrorist acts and the threat of Terrorism have occupied the various law enforcement agencies in the U.S. government for many years. The Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, as amended by the usa patriot act . Greg MacAleese, LET president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and a former National Police Officer of the Year, said, "Police officers assigned to the hazardous task of entering buildings to search for drug dealers, fugitives or other violent criminals will find their job is about to become safer." "This is a powerful device," he said. "The luminosity and the flash are far beyond the output of any current flash/bang device that has been independently tested. And yet the M1-F/A is a remarkably safe device that won't damage eyes or ears and it won't start fires when properly deployed." The fuel/air combustion technology represents the second license between Law Enforcement Technologies, Inc., and Sandia National Laboratories. "Sandia National Laboratories is a world-class scientific institution," MacAleese said. "Owned by the U.S. Government, it has granted licenses to many Fortune 500 companies such as General Motors, General Electric and Ford Motor among others. About Law Enforcement Technologies LET, a privately-held Colorado Springs-based corporation formed in 1999, develops new products for the law enforcement, corrections, military and private security markets. The Instant Shooter ID Kit, an advanced gunshot residue test, is being used by 75 U.S. police departments. The company plans to introduce several models of a multi-use Anti-Riot Baton by the second quarter of 2003 and has any other innovative products in development. |
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