{"id":6490,"date":"2013-12-10T18:10:29","date_gmt":"2013-12-10T23:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=6490"},"modified":"2013-12-10T18:10:29","modified_gmt":"2013-12-10T23:10:29","slug":"smartwater-csi-forensic-marking-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=6490","title":{"rendered":"SmartWater CSI Forensic Marking Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SmartWaterCSI\"<\/a>SmartWater CSI, LLC<\/a> is a British company that has been involved in forensic marking technology for over 17 years.\u00a0 Their products include a chemical “DNA” marker that can be applied to a piece of property to give a positive identification at a later date, should it be illegally appropriated, and a sort of invisible dye pack that can be employed by law enforcement to “mark” a criminal suspect during the crime.\u00a0 Business owners can install SmartWater devices that spray the marking chemicals on robbers and thieves so the suspects are tagged as they leave.\u00a0 Recently, SmartWater has begun North American operations out of Ft. Lauderdale.\u00a0 I spoke to a representative for this product at the FLEPRU conference.<\/p>\n

\"SmartWater<\/a>SmartWater CSI’s technology was developed by Phil Cleary, who retired from law enforcement service in the U.K. following injury on the job.\u00a0 His brother is a forensic chemist and together, they came up with their proprietary water-based solution that uses rare-earth metals to offer billions of unique fingerprint-like codes.\u00a0 The SmartWater solution is visible under ultraviolet light.\u00a0 It is heat resistant and is impossible to remove, according to SmartWater.\u00a0 It can easily used to mark such ungainly things as catalytic converters or copper wiring, for instance.<\/p>\n

This product has the potential to deter crime and well as solve it, and that is the approach many south Florida law enforcement agencies are taking.\u00a0 Public roll-outs of SmartWater CSI have taken place at the Ft. Lauderdale Police Department, Broward County Sheriff’s Office, Riviera Beach Police Department, and North Miami Beach Police Department.<\/p>\n

I have added the videos below to show some of SmartWater’s capabilities.<\/p>\n