SubscribePolice departments and sheriffs around the country are looking for new technologies that provide a return on their investment.
FirstDefender has been embraced from New York to California, Florida to Washington as a critical piece of gear in the war on crime. We help speed to prosecution and conviction of offenders and multiply the efficiency of your already constrained resources.
- Decreases time to prosecution by rapidly identifying narcotics and narcotics precursors. This allows the user in the field to quickly determine which samples need to go to the lab first and to allow the judge to increase the bail amount for a suspect, speeding cases to trial.
Real-time analysis of narcotics and precursors - Prioritizing evidence for faster lab analysis by allowing the officer on-scene to quickly screen samples of interest only the minimum substance of interest needs to be sent back to the lab to initiate prosecution.
On-the-scene identification of evidence - Increase efficiency and reduce costs - The FirstDefender brings expertise to the regular response personnel for accurate narcotics and precursor chemical identification without the necessity for highly paid scientists and consultants. By having an instrument on-the scene departments see a reduction in time spent on scene through rapid screening of samples in the field to quickly determine which substances are drug compounds, which are pre-cursors to manufacturing, and which do not have prosecution value. There are also reductions in cost of lab personnel / evidence specialist going into field to perform rudimentary chemical analysis; reduction in cost of evidence collection by limiting evidence collection to chemicals of relevance to the prosecution; reduction in cost of using clean up companies for disposing of on-scene non-hazardous chemicals which can be identified and disposed of through ordinary means.
- Decrease cost per use - The FirstDefender does not have a per use cost, does not expire, does not need calibration, maintenance. Accurate results are obtained without the cost of using NIC kits.
- Increase officer safety - Identification of homemade explosives such as TATP and HMTD which look like packaged Meth but can be lethal will increase the safety of officers on-scene who encounter clan labs, etc.
- Identification of controlled OTCs and prescriptions offers the ability to add to the sentencing of individuals who have all types of controlled substances on hand, illegal, controlled, or prescribed.
Non-contact identification of pharmaceuticals and over-the-counter medicines - Reduced officer hazards associated with toxic chemicals - The FirstDefender will identify a wide range of toxic substances that have both a short term and long term health hazards. It provides a comprehensive guide to the hazardous chemicals associated with clan labs, meth labs, etc. This guide provides instant medical emergency information to treat exposures and to notify incoming medical response personnel the nature of the emergency allowing for faster treatment.
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About Ahura Scientific, Inc.
Ahura Scientific, Inc. develops rugged, ultra-compact, field-enabled optical systems for the immediate identification and authentication of liquid and solid chemical substances. Customers include the homeland security, life sciences, industrial and medical markets. Manufactured in the USA in an ISO 9001-certified facility, the company's products offer exceptional portability and unparalleled performance.
Ahura Scientific has been honored with numerous other prestigious awards including an R&D Magazine R&D 100; the Industrial Design Society of America Award for Excellence in Industrial Design; the SBANE 2007 Innovation Award; Law Enforcement Innovation award and the Frost & Sullivan 2006 Chemical Detection Industry Innovation & Advancement of the Year.
More information at www.ahurascientific.com.
