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2020 ‘ ASTORS ’ Champion : DHS Science and Technology

Directorate www . AmericanSecurityToday . com 2020 CHAMPIONS - Edition 51 ingenious features , such as solar panels and a back-up fuel cell

system making it independent of the power grid , and multiple infrared

cameras ( two long-range , one foreground ,

and one base imager with a fisheye lens

) mean it doesn ’ t miss a thing .

DHS Science & Technoloogy ( S & T )

• Slash

CameraPole

• Excellence in Homeland

Security

The Slash

CameraPole is a self-trig- gering platform with wireless data retrieval to detect and give warning of suspicious activities at the US-Cana- da border that is approximately 20- feet wide , 1,349 miles long , and is referred to as the “ Slash

.”

This man-made , treeless zone pres- ents a formidable surveillance chal- lenge , i . e . illegal crossings , drug and illegal contraband smuggling and human trafficking .

Using the Slash

CameraPole

Border

Patrol has been able to establish an advanced border surveillance capa- bility where none existed before .

The

Slash CameraPole offers numerous

The Slash

CameraPole also employs

* DHS S & T

Pro- grams

have now been rec- ognized in their Fifth

An- nual ‘ ASTORS

’

Awards Pro- gram .