What is FLIR, the heat-seeking tech police used to apprehend fugitive Danelo Cavalcante?

Escaped fugitive Danelo Cavalcante being taken into
custody by law enforcement officers on Wednesday.
(Pennsylvania State Police/Handout via Reuters) (via REUTERS)

Pa. police captured convicted killer Danelo Cavalcante early Wednesday morning after a two-week manhunt using cameras that provide thermal imaging.

After a 13-day manhunt that involved hundreds of law enforcement officers, fugitive Danelo Cavalcante was apprehended in southeastern Pennsylvania, police announced Wednesday morning. In large part, they were able to track him down using heat-seeking technology known as FLIR.

Pennsylvania State Police Lt. George Bivens said at a news conference that after a burglar alarm at a residence in South Coventry Township went off shortly after midnight on Wednesday morning, an aircraft using FLIR picked up a heat signal nearby. After waiting out a rainstorm, a tactical team was able to zero in on the thermal image.

“It played out very quickly then,” Bivens said.

By Marquise Francis.

Full story at Yahoo News.