Police are using super-secret x-ray vans to scan the public (Updated)
Police are using AS&E's, "Z Backscatter" x-ray vans to scan people and cars!
According to the AS&E's website, police x-ray vans can easily identify CASH, ALCOHOL, CIGARETTES and of course DRUGS...
"Its easy-to-read image quickly and clearly reveals threats like explosives, drugs, currency, and trade-fraud items such as alcohol and cigarettes..."
Their website brags about the ability of police to spy on targets that couldn't be scanned before!
Update 10/17:
A spokeswoman for AS&E told The Crime Report she was unable to verify which police departments, if any, are using the technology.
"Because of the context, it's not something we can confirm or deny about whether any specific customers use [the vans]," said spokeswoman Dana Harris. “All I can really say is that the AS&E vehicles are used within their local and national protocols.”
In case you were wondering Mercedes, Ford Motors and Chevrolet supplies DHS/Police with vehicles. Daimler Chrysler purchased Mercedes Benz years ago, click here to view their police vehicles and here to see Ford's.
Below are a few examples of Ford Motors close relationship with DHS:
1.) Jack LaRosa a Windows Server with Ford has a "SECRET" clearance with DHS.
2.) Radford Jones worked for Ford and now teaches a masters level course in Public-Private Partnerships in Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness.
3.) Julia Jachim is a prototype test driver with Ford and is a senior manager at DHS!
And as if that wasn't bad enough police will soon be equipped with mobile x-ray scanners called Mini-Z's:
"The MINI Z handheld X-ray system is a compact, single-sided imager that can be used to scan objects in hard-to-reach areas, allowing for the effective screening of a wide variety of items such as suspicious bags, walls, furniture, small boats, aircraft, vehicle tires, and car interiors."
It's the same old story, it's all about shareholders making tons of money.
AS&E in 2013 proudly boasted to their shareholders they sold their first ZBV S-Class backscatter van to Spain:
"With this order, Spain will obtain its first ZBV system, which will be used on their borders for trade fraud interdiction of items such as cigarettes. This also marks the first order for the recently introduced ZBV S-Class, which offers a reduced operational footprint and a sleek, contemporary appearance."
What AS&E is really saying is, they're made to be inconspicuous so the public doesn't know they're secretly being x-rayed!
According to AS&E, DHS has bought HUNDREDS of x-ray vans and more than 57 countries are using them.
"Here at AS&E, we are dedicated to supporting our customers—and equally committed to driving shareholder value over the long term." Click here to find out more about AS&E shareholders.
NYPD's commissioner says we should all just accept x-ray vans because our court system is rigged:
“They’re not used to scan people for weapons, the devices we have, the vehicles if you will, are all used lawfully and if the ACLU and others don’t think that’s the case, we’ll see them in court — where they’ll lose! At this time and the nature of what’s going on in the world, that concern of theirs is unfounded” NYPD Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said.
Bratton declined to give more specific details about the devices themselves.
“Those are issues I’d prefer not to divulge to the public at this time,” Bratton said. “I will not talk about anything at all about this — it falls into the range of security and counter-terrorism activity that we engage in.”
What he's really saying is our justice system is rigged and the Bill of Rights is null & void!
NYPD's Deputy Commissioner claims divulging information about the secret x-ray vans will ENDANGER police:
Disclosing them, he said, would "permit those seeking to evade detection to conform their conduct to the times, places, and methods that avoid NYPD presence and are thus most likely to yield a successful attack" Richard Daddario NYPD Deputy Commissioner said.
An anonymous NYPD official, told Newsday that the vans “have appeared at special events such as the recent UN General Assembly meeting in Manhattan.”
“People should be informed if military grade X-ray vans are damaging their health with radiation or peering inside their homes or cars,” NYCLU executive director Donna Liberman said.
For more information about police x-ray vans read:
TSA to begin using “covert surveillance” vans in three cities.
Mobile x-ray vans can peer through clothing and into homes.
Mobile X-ray vans hit US streets how much radiation will the public be exposed to?
Vans equipped with X-ray scanners are being used in the U. S. and we don't know which law enforcement agency is using them.
ABC News book about NYPD's x-ray vans.