A new explosives testing device is being tested by Amtrak and the Transportation Security Administration. Both said it can help detect such explosives as suicide vests.
The device is known as a stand-off explosive detection unit and it triggers an alarm if someone carrying or wearing an improvised explosive device passes it.
In a news release, TSA said the device identifies objects that block naturally occurring emissions from a person’s body.
Security forces operate the device on a laptop in a train station. The security officer will see either a green image of a person alongside the actual image of the individual, or a color-indicator bar overlay.
The tests are being carried out at New York Penn Station. One device is mounted on a tripod while the other is contained in a trunk. The equipment is mobile, which allows agencies to move it to different stations.
Similar detection devices were tested last year by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
Tags: Amtrak, Firearms and Explosives, New York Penn Station, transportation security, Transportation Security Administration, TSA
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