Some current activities in trace explosives detection at the FAA Technical Center

Frank T. Fox

doi:10.1117/12.265391

28 January 1997 Some current activities in trace explosives detection at the FAA Technical Center

Frank T. Fox

Proceedings Volume 2932, Human Detection and Positive Identification: Methods and Technologies; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.265391
Event: Enabling Technologies for Law Enforcement and Security, 1996, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

To form anunderstanding ofthe environment in which non-intrusive detection and inspection technologies are required to operate, the Narcotic Detection Technology Assessment Team has undertaken a series of field studies. These field studies have focused on the phenomenology, fate and behavior ofnarcotic residue in real world environments. The overall goal ofthe tests is to give Law Enforcement officers the ability to accurately differentiate between individuals involved in the smuggling process and individuals innocently contaminated with narcotics. Thelatest field study in this series was conducted in Miami, FL in February 1996. The field study comprised several individual tests. The first was a Contamination and Transfer Study which focused on human contamination resulting from contact with actual kilos of cocaine and the mechanism by which this contamination transfers to sulTounding objects, ifat all. The second was a Secondary Contamination Study which focused on determining the conditions under which cocaine contamination transfers from objects touched by individuals who handled narcotics to innocent passerbys. The third was a Persistence Study which focused on the persistence of cocaine contamination on people under a variety of conditions. An overview ofthe tests and their preliminary results will be discussed. Keywords: Cocaine, cocaine contamination, cocaine transfer, cocaine persistence, primary contamination, secondary contamination

Citation Download Citation

Frank T. Fox "Some current activities in trace explosives detection at the FAA Technical Center", Proc. SPIE 2932, Human Detection and Positive Identification: Methods and Technologies, (28 January 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.265391

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available