Boston Bombing Suspect Caught With Help of FLIR’s Thermal Camera
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FLIR Systems Inc., the maker of night-vision gear for law enforcement and commercial clients, got the type of publicity money can’t buy when its thermal-energy camera aided authorities in capturing the Boston Marathon bombing suspect.
The Star Safire HD system was mounted to a Massachusetts State Police helicopter and confirmed that a person later identified as Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was alive and hiding under a boat tarp outside a suburban Watertown home before he was taken into custody last week, Kevin Tucker, vice president and general manager of FLIR’s surveillance group, said in a telephone interview yesterday. The system has a thermal sensor, a television camera and a laser range finder that determines distances to target scenes.