DHS To Install Infrared Sensors Along ‘Entire Border Of
The United States’
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In a procurement document in which it disclosed its plans to purchase additional GS-100 Passive Infrared Sensors for use along the U.S.-Mexican border, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) indicated that the existing surveillance system that deploys these PIR sensors spans “the entire border of the United States.” That disclosure may constitute greater specificity about the widespread use of these infrared sensors, which can detect a pedestrian passing up to 100 feet away, than CBP has previously made public. In a procurement document in which it disclosed its plans to purchase additional GS-100 Passive Infrared Sensors for use along the U.S.-Mexican border, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) indicated that the existing surveillance system that deploys these PIR sensors spans “the entire border of the United States.” “The GS‐100 Passive Infrared Sensor (PIRS) is an intrusion detector that responds to infrared energy radiated by pedestrians or vehicles within its field of view,” explain Vortex Systems on its Web site. “Depending on the temperature difference between the subject and the background, useful range of detection for a short‐range sensor is 100 feet for pedestrians. It produces a signal when it senses the movement of heat sources. The unit is utilized for remote detection of vehicles and people.” “The unit offers a nominal detection range up to 100 feet for illegals crossing into the United States,” said CBP. Further information about this sensor contract is available from Agnieszka Frys, a contracting officer, at 202-344-2542 or aga.frys@dhs.gov. http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=277479 |
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More interested in keeping us in, than keeping others out...
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