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Mistral Introduces the Newest Tool in the Anti-Terrorism Arsenal.


BETHESDA, Md. -- Mistral Mis·tral   , Frédéric 1830-1914.

French writer and leader in the revival of Provençal as a literary language. He shared the 1904 Nobel Prize for literature.



mis·tral  
n.
 Security, Inc. (MSI MSI: see integrated circuit.


(1) (MicroSoft Installer) See Windows Installer.

(2) (Medium Scale Integration) Between 100 and 3,000 transistors on a chip. See SSI, LSI, VLSI and ULSI.
), a leading supplier of law enforcement and military security products and services, announced that the newest tool in an anti-terrorism arsenal (GSPR GSPR Global System Problem Report (US DoD)
GSPR Guide Star Space Problem Reports
: Gun Shot Powder Residue Test Kit), will be on display at the upcoming 113th Annual IACP IACP International Association of Chiefs of Police
IACP International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
IACP International Association of Culinary Professionals
IACP Istituto Autonomo Case Popolari
IACP International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists
 Conference, October 14th through 17th in Boston, Massachusetts “Boston” redirects here. For other uses, see Boston (disambiguation).
Boston is the capital and most populous city of Massachusetts.[3] The largest city in New England, Boston is considered the unofficial economic and cultural center of the entire New
. The GSPR Test Kit, along with other Mistral products, will be on display in MSI booth #1066.

Similar to the field proven technology used for Expray[TM] - an Explosive Detection & Identification Test Kit which has been labeled as 'mission critical' by soldiers in the field - GSPR was designed for use by law enforcement officers dealing with suspects in a criminal investigation as well as soldiers on the battle field.

GSPR is a simple, quick three (3) step test that provides immediate results to the question: "Did this suspect fire a gun?" This kit acts as a presumptive pre·sump·tive  
adj.
1. Providing a reasonable basis for belief or acceptance.

2. Founded on probability or presumption.



pre·sump
 field test and includes sealed bags and collection gloves to ensure no contamination before or after suspect testing. The sealed bags also ensure 'chain of custody' evidence controls. The kit, like all other Mistral Detection & Identification Test Kits, is safe, easy to use and accurate.

Mistral Security, Inc. (MSI) -- part of Mistral Group, a leader in Defense and Law Enforcement markets -- is a pioneer in explosive detection, identification, mitigation, and containment. Setting the world standards for explosive mitigation and containment, MSI systems are approved by GSA (1) (Global mobile Suppliers Association, Sawbridgeworth, U.K., www.gsacom.com) A membership organization of suppliers of GSM products and services. Its goal is to promote GSM as the worldwide mobile communications standard. See GSM Association and GSM.  and the Department of Defense Explosive Safety Board (DDESB DDESB Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board ). Mistral Group is recognized as a world leader in providing expert R&D services, consultancy and protective containment products in terms of blast mitigation and ballistic protection to both commercial and military clients.

MSI's core expertise involves explosive containment systems, ballistic hard line protection, explosive & drug detection and perimeter intrusion/detection systems. In addition to MSI's bomb-mitigating trash receptacles and BlastSafe (fully contained explosive systems); MSI manufactures and sells Expray[TM], an explosive detection and identification kit. Expray[TM], the most effective solution for US military on and off the battle field for explosive detection and identification. Because of its portability, ease of use and low cost, the soldiers and their procurement officers have designated Expray[TM] as 'mission critical'.

Headquartered in Bethesda, MD, MSI has an international network in more than 50 countries. For further information go to: http://www.mistralgroup.com/SEC_explosives.asp.
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