Canadian Company Detects Concealed Weapons With Radar

This isn’t science fiction or an idea that is far off in the future. A company in Canada has developed a weapons detection system called Patriot One Technologies that uses technology to scan for metallic objects that could be concealed weapons.

The technology is based on the physics of metal. Radio wave emissions are analyzed through software recognition of specific wavelength patterns. Metallic objects such as guns resonate with a specific frequency that the system’s radar can detect. The CEO of Patriot One Technologies, Marton Cronin, says the system has been “trained” to recognize the distinctive signals of different kinds of weapons. This includes handguns, knives, grenades, explosive vests and more. The company expects this technology to be used in the entry ways and other key locations of a variety of public places including nightclubs, malls and airports.

According to the company website, the technology is intended to be used to “address the spread of active violence through superior detection technology that instantly identifies concealed weapons, even on moving targets.” The website goes on to say that “Active Threat phenomenon” is very real and growing and specifically addresses international terrorism and domestic active shooter incidents.

The company is downplaying privacy concerns by saying that no images taken by the radar system or kept. There’s no data being kept, so it is not an invasion of privacy. The small device is about the size of a cable box, the news report says. Facilities who bought it to use would expect to pay about $10,000 plus a monthly fee.

On March 13, an announcement was made public that Patriot One was installing the first-of-its-kind weapons detection system at The Shul of Bal Harbor Jewish Community Center in Miami, Florida.

Image taken from Patriot One Technologies video.