To find illegal concealed firearms, police have always had to pat down suspects by hand. "But science is now promising to assist such human efforts," says Al Baker in The New York Times. The New York ...

The New York Police Department is working with the Department of Defense to further crack down on illegal guns in the city by researching technology that could detect concealed weapons on people as ...

You have to feel sorry for the police officers who are required to frisk people for guns or knives - after all, if someone who doesn't want to be arrested is carrying a lethal weapon, the last thing ...