Product Alert: MOLE Programmable Detection System

• NCJ Number: 211900
• Date Published: 2002
• Length: 1 page
• Agencies: NIJ-Sponsored
• Sponsoring Agency: National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
• Corporate Author: National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC)
• Sale Source: National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC)
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Technical)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: From TechBeat, Summer 2002; downloaded on October 26, 2005.

Annotation

This article briefly describes how the MOLE Programmable Detection System, designed to detect illegal substances simultaneously or one at a time operates and its effectiveness with explosives.

Abstract

The MOLE Programmable Detection System, manufactured by Global Technical, Ltd., in England is promoted as a device capable of detecting a number of substances, such as drugs and explosives simultaneously or one at a time. The MOLE was field tested in 2002 by the Sandia National Laboratories, at the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC)-Rocky Mountain in Denver, CO, to evaluate the explosive detection capability. The results of a double-blind field test indicate that the device performs no better than a random selection process or random guessing. Through additional tests, no contamination was found that could have interfered with the double-blind field test.