ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,333,933, issued on June 17.
"Firearm alerting system" was invented by Jerome Foster (Hammond, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A firearm alerting system installed on the exterior of a law enforcement vehicle is presented. The firearm alerting system provides law enforcement officers advance notification of a possible firearm in a suspect vehicle they have pulled over. The law enforcement vehicle is of a conventional design and may be marked or unmarked. The law enforcement vehicle is provided with one or more sensors capable of discerning text-based elements at a distance, envisioned to be vehicle license plates. The sensors may be an...