Police equipment and technology
Supporting police operations
We help the police in their day-to-day operations and with security at major events.
We provide the police with specialised equipment to help them keep events or places secure, or to help them in their day-to-day operations.
We support the police in their security operations at more than 70 major events and special operations each year.
We have recently provided the police with:
- airport-style archway metal detectors to screen club-goers for knives at a nightclub - Read the full story 'Supporting police action on knife crime'
- thermal-imaging equipment to help police identify premises being used to grow cannabis commercially
Our stock of equipment
We hold a central stock of the latest search and surveillance equipment which is provided to police forces on request. This means that police forces don't have to keep complex and expensive equipment.
Over £1 million of equipment was used at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, made up of over 100 different technologies.
We provide comprehensive security strategies, and the most sophisticated and expensive equipment required to achieve 24/7 security. Equipment ranges from:
- electronically-stabilised binoculars
- perimeter sensors
- thermal imagery equipment
- remote control surveillance equipment
- explosives detection equipment
- x-ray screening
- weapon detection technologies
National Technical Support Unit
Whether it's a party political conference, the FA Cup or the Grand National, HOSDB's technical support teams are out working on frontline jobs all year round.
Our National Technical Support Unit (NTSU) provides hands-on technical support for security operations.
Our specialist advice is vital: our engineers know how to operate the equipment, what it can do and how get the best out of it.
At every event, HOSDB works to its customers' requirements. If a technical solution is not commercially available, we can customise equipment in-house.
