I read in a law enforcement technology magazine that many west coast police departments have obtained thermal imaging cameras through federal grants. The cameras are similar to FLIR and the portable heat detecting units that many fire departments have. It helps police to quickly find culprits that flee into the woods, alzheimers patients, lost children or hikers, measure fresh skid marks at serious accident scenes, etc... supposedly much more effective than K9's - do you know of any New England police departments that have these units ? where i work each of the 8 fire stations have one but we don't - just curious what police departments have them around here ...