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Primary Arms Cadet Program – Helping New Officers Afford the Job

By Richard

Reducing Police Academy Cost

Attending the police academy can be very expensive for anyone not yet employed by a law enforcement agency. Beyond the tuition costs, recruits often must buy their own firearms, ammunition, uniforms, duty gear and more. To assist academy recruits, Primary Arms announced the new Cadet Program through its Primary Arms Government division. The new program is designed to help … [Read more...]

Apex Tactical Backs C.O.P.S.

By Richard

Hellcat Trigger - COPS

In an era where killing cops seems to be socially acceptable, Apex Tactical Specialties continues to offer full support for Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.) and law enforcement officers. Many of you know Apex for the aftermarket trigger kits they make. A lot of you may not know how much financial support they lend to the C.O.P.S. charity. Since November of 2016, Apex … [Read more...]

Possible Body Armor Failure Involved in Death of Houston Police Sergeant

By Richard

Body Armor Houston Police

The murder of Sergeant Christopher Brewster rocked the Houston Police Department, but the danger to the department may not be over. According to an internal letter sent out by Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo, Sergeant Brewster's body armor may have been penetrated by one or more handgun rounds fired by the suspect. In the letter, Chief Acevedo stated: During the initial … [Read more...]

Spartan Armor Systems – Affordable Plate Carriers & More

By Richard

Spartan Armor Systems body armor

We're in the process of updating our recommendations on bail out bags and active shooter kits. This process requires us to survey all of the companies and try to find the best gear for you guys. One of the companies that stood out to us during this process is Spartan Armor Systems. Spartan Armor Systems (SAS) offers hard armor plates and kits for police officers at very … [Read more...]

TFS: Shoplifting Surprise

By Richard

officer safety

Working in a small department, one quickly learns how to handle many situations without the additional layer of safety a back up officer can provide.  Working a call by yourself isn’t the safest thing to do, but neither is the job of law enforcement I suppose. The department I worked for was a relatively small agency of less than 50 officers on the edges of a major … [Read more...]

Revision LazrBloc Protective Lens

By Richard

Revision Laser Lens

Revision announced a new protective lens that is designed to protect officers from lasers in addition to providing ballistic protection. The new LazrBloc GF-8 Laser Protective Ballistic Lens blocks 99.9% of green laser energy and more than 99% of the most powerful near-infrared component of commercial green lasers. The protective component is a dye that can be added to the … [Read more...]

Safariland Body Armor – Lightest, Thinnest Ever?

By Richard

Safariland Body Armor featured

Safariland announced an agreement with Hardwire LLC to bring very light, thin body armor panels to the market. Safariland states the new soft armor is 15% lighter than any other armor currently on the market. The new armor uses Dyneema fibers, which have become very popular with many soft body armor companies. It would appear that Hardwire developed a process to increase the … [Read more...]

H&K Announces New VP9 Duty Pistol

By Richard

VP9 Action-Image

Heckler & Koch announced a new pistol for the law enforcement community:  the VP9.  The new handgun is a polymer-framed pistol that is striker-fired.  It is chambered in 9mm and is similar in appearance to the P30 line of pistols. A complete review of the new gun is at GunsHolstersAndGear.com. … [Read more...]

FNS-40 Pistols Adopted by Baltimore County

By Richard

FNS-40 LS

FNH USA announced the Baltimore County (MD) Police Department adopted the FNS-40 LS pistol as the agency's new duty firearm. The FNS-40 LS is a polymer-framed, striker-fired semiautomatic pistol.  The FNS guns are double action and normally have a manual safety.  However, the FNS-40 LS does not have a manual safety.  It is not known if this was a special build requirement by … [Read more...]

TAVOR Enters US Law Enforcement Service

By Richard

IWI TAVOR

IWI US announced the Pennsylvania State Capitol Police Department (PSCPD) selected the TAVOR as the department's new patrol rifle.  The IWI TAVOR is a compact, bullpup style rifle chambered for the 5.56 NATO cartridge and uses standard AR-15/M-4 magazines. The TAVOR was developed in Israel, and has recently became available in the US market.  I believe PSCPD is the first … [Read more...]

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