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Hand-Held Metal Detectors for Use in Concealed Weapon and Contraband Detection (NIJ Standard--0602.02)

November 2003
This NIJ Standard establishes performance requirements and testing methods for active hand-held metal detectors used to find metal weapons and/or metal contraband carried on a person and/or concealed by a nonmetal object. It contains definitions to help readers use and understand the specifications and provides field testing procedures for and mechanical drawings of several potentially dangerous test objects. This Standard supersedes NIJ Standard–0602.01 published in 2000.