Methamphetamine Detection

With methamphetamine usage and production growing to alarming levels throughout much of the United States, MESH has begun adapting its chemical sensor to be employed in law enforcement.  This project uses the latest version of the MCAD unit to detect methamphetamine labs by identifying target chemicals that are being outgassed during the cooking process.

Stanislaus County in California is the first jurisdiction to acquire an instrument.  Testing is currently underway. 

This new unit uses a 0.5 degree field of view BLOCK instrument. This larger lens spectrometer is better suited for seeing the smaller clouds that are generated from meth labs. The detections are recorded as well as live video of the location of the labs.

Articles & Press Releases about MESH's Instrument:
Stainslaus County Press Release_May2005.pdf

ModestoBee_May2005.pdf

These are 3D CAD drawings of the methamphetamine detector.