The Law Enforcement Thermographers’ Association, a professional, non-profit, international law enforcement organization that promotes the legal and ethical use of thermal imaging in support of law enforcement operations, operates a series of training programs to train law enforcement agents in the use of Infrared Thermal Imagers and Night Vision devices.
CERTIFICATION

The United States Drug Enforcement Administration has subscribed to the Advanced, Rectification, and Instructors Courses offered by the Law Enforcement Thermographers Association. In addition, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has adopted the criteria established by LETA. and is utilizing LETA to instruct their agents and personnel.

“‘LETA’ RECOGNIZES TWELVE (11) CURRENT LAW ENFORCEMENT APPLICATIONS FOR THE USE OF THERMOGRAPHY. THESE APPLICATIONS ARE NOT FINITE, NOR LIMITED IN NUMBER AS LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS, AND WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP NEW APPLICATIONS AS THE LAW AND SCIENCE EVOLVE.”

They are:
1. SEARCH AND RESCUE
2. FUGITIVE SEARCHES
3. VEHICLE PURSUITS
4. FLIGHT SAFETY
5. MARINE AND GROUND SURVEILLANCE
6. PERIMETER SURVEILLANCE
7. OFFICER SAFETY
8. STRUCTURE PROFILES
9. DISTURBED SURFACE SCENARIO
10. ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
11. VEHICLE COMPARTMENTS/PROFILES
12. ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS/SKID MARKS

Their website, www.leta.org, provides several links to articles about the uses of Infrared and related subjects

Here’s a list of current papers and links to them (just click on the title to see the article):

• Fugitive Search with Thermal Imager
• Traffic Accident Investigation and Thermal Imaging By: Detective Larry Wilson
• The Use of Thermal Imaging to Detect Unsafe Air Brakes-By: Cst. Joe Carignan, RCMP
• Hidden Compartments in Vehicles - By Charles Stowell
• The Use of Aerial Thermal Imagery/In Outdoor Marijuana Grow Detection-By Special Agent Ed Wall
• LETA and the Media- By: Charles Stowell
• The Hot Cardboard Box By: Officer Larry Henderson
• White vs Black Hot By: Andrea J. Marquardt & Michael Hovermale
• Fireman with Thermal Camera Saves Childs Life
• Latest news update April, 1999
• The MonoPole Cam
• Thermal Imagery Structure Profiling in Cold
• Teens Caught In HotSpot
• A Real Story from the Highway Patrol - By: Trooper Ray Rousett
• Cannabis Eradication in Canada - By: Constable J.D. Johnston
• Night Fighters Poem - By: Deputy T. Salisbury
• Need for Protocol and Standards - By: S/A Raymond Byrne
• The Golf Pro-Shop Burglary
• Thermal Imager Helps Locate Lost Child
• L.E.T.A. Member Assist in Search and Rescue Operation

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