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DHS OKs 1,000th Anti-Terrorism Product Under SAFETY Act

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The Department of Homeland Security‘s Science and Technology Directorate has approved the 1,000th technology that complies with the Support Anti-Terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act.

The act provides legal liability protection for SAFETY-approved products in the events of terrorist attacks, DHS said Monday.

The government passed the SAFETY Act in 2001 to prevent liabilities from hindering industry’s development and propagation of anti-terrorism technologies.

The DHS S&T evaluates SAFETY technology entries in terms of effectiveness to the government, availability, third-party liability risk, deployment capacities without SAFETY protection, public need, capacity for scientific assessment and anti-terrorism defense.

Public and commercial establishments across the country employ SAFETY-approved technologies to protect the public against potential acts of terrorism.

The full roster of SAFETY-approved products can be found here.