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Equipment and technology

Technology Research Portfolio

NIJ’s Technology Research and Development Portfolio funds research and evaluation to help criminal justice agencies better understand how to implement technology. It also funds research and development of innovative technologies to help bring affordable new equipment to market.

NIJ’s Technology Research and Development Portfolio addresses criminal justice challenges in law enforcement and policing, institutional and community corrections, and courts. In recent decades, vendors...

Standards and Conformity Assessment Research Portfolio

NIJ’s Standards and Conformity Assessment Research Portfolio fosters development of equipment standards and related conformity assessment programs that specifically address the needs of law enforcement, corrections, and other criminal justice agencies.

Law enforcement and corrections officers rely on various types of equipment technologies to protect themselves and the public while performing their duties. NIJ helps ensure that officers have the equipment they need...