Making Sense Of Duty Holsters And Retention Levels — Part 2
Editor's note: Part 1 is here Safariland retained the retention levels when they purchased the Rogers Holster Company and its designs in 1985. Actually, Safariland didn't just keep the protocol; they expanded it, adding new [...]
Making Sense Of Duty Holsters And Retention Levels — Part 1
I was comparing notes on new products with American Cop Editor Erick Gelhaus at the 2023 SHOT Show, and the conversation turned towards law enforcement duty holsters. Each of us had seen some promising leads, [...]
Concealed Carry Holsters
Recently, a reader - Robert H - emailed requesting an article on concealed carry holsters for retired cops. Well, that fits nicely into my wheelhouse. Appropriate concealed carry holsters are not just a subject for [...]
CIRCLING BACK | Adjusting Holster Cant
Holsters are to handguns as slings are to rifles and shotguns. That is where you securely store the handgun when it's not in your hands. In my old department, 1911 pistols were common when I [...]
INTEGRATED COMBATIVES | Why You Should Always Bring a Knife to a Gunfight
Although the primary reason law enforcement officers (and most people) carry knives is for their everyday utility applications, they have an important role to play in the defensive weapon toolbox, as well. We have [...]
Counter-Blade Concepts
Skills To Help You Survive Edged-Weapon Attacks. Facing an attacker armed with a knife or another edged weapon is one of the most terrifying situations you could ever imagine. While many martial arts and defensive [...]
THE GOLOK | Choice of the Special Air Service
Many of you will recognize the name “Lofty Wiseman” as the author of Survive Anywhere Safely, although for some reason when the book was first published in the U.S., the title was changed to [...]
AMTAC BLADES UPGRADED NORTHMAN KNIFE | Fixed-Blade That Carries Like A Folder
A knife is a tool that should be part of everyone’s everyday carry. Although folders are by far the most popular knives carried by law enforcement and the general public, a fixed-blade knife has some [...]
Pass The Pepper
The US military began using chemical agents as weapons in 1918. Law enforcement personnel followed suit, but not until the late 1960s when they began using chemicals to quell group civil disturbances — think riots. Everyone who works in the business knows once it happens on the outside, it’s only a matter of time before it moves inside. Most prisons recognize chemical agents are an effective option when group resistance elevates or when individual detainees act out.
SABRE RED
SABRE Red announces the Pepper Gel Dorm/Apartment Kit and the RAINN Key Case Pepper Spray with Quick Release Key Ring. The Pepper Gel Dorm/Apartment Kit is ideal for college students. The kit’s Door Stop Alarm emits a 120-dB signal to alert residents and others in case of an uninvited entry.
Pistol Light Switchology
With the recent release of another full-size pistol-mounted light, the topic of Switchology for those lights has come up again. Now, to be transparent, I was a little late adopting a pistol-mounted light. I put [...]
Carbon Mitigation From Dark Matter Concepts
Cleaning carbon and other crud off the lens of your weapon-mounted light (WML) is a pain in the fourth point of contact (your backside). Aside from not having a light on your firearm – which [...]
Streamlight’s Wedge
There is a need for tactical equipment. And then there is a need for practical equipment. By that, I mean necessary gear that does not scream "tactical," but gives you (or someone you care about) [...]
Illuminating Tactics: Searching With A Weapon-Mounted Light
In recent years, there has been a notable increase in the number of law enforcement agencies equipping or authorizing weapon-mounted lights (WMLs) on duty handguns, rifles, and shotguns. As technology advances, these lights have become [...]
Emergency Dental First Aid Kit
Suffering a dental injury is always stressful and often very painful. Having it happen during a crisis takes it to a whole other level. Being prepared for these events provides you with options and buys [...]
Stay Ready: Why Off-Duty Officers Should Carry a Spare Magazine
The necessity of carrying a spare magazine while off-duty is often debated. Statistically, the likelihood of needing one is quite low. Most gunfights occur at close range, with law enforcement data showing an average distance [...]
Vertx All New Tactigami — Mission Configurable Organization
Vertx®, a subsidiary of the Fechheimer Brothers Company, was founded over a decade ago in response to a federal agency's need for low-profile, functional tactical pants. Leveraging their long history of crafting military uniforms, Vertx [...]
Hearing Loss and Ear Protection
If you shoot long enough, and that doesn't need to be very long, there is a likelihood of you being exposed to enough noise that you begin to suffer from hearing loss. What types of [...]
Tripods – The Support You Need
When the word “tripod” entered my mind, it seemed to be in only one or two contexts. Someone needed to take a stable photo. Or something belt-fed and fully automatic had come into play. As [...]
Math On The Range
Fun and math are two words that rarely intersect in my world. However, you need to step out of your comfort zone and try something different. PRS Before I retired, one of my guys frequently [...]
First Impressions – Aimpoint’s COA and Glock’s A-Cut
For as long as we've been mounting miniaturized optics on pistol slides, there have been debates over the mounting footprints. Several designs have come and gone, while a few have established themselves across multiple manufacturers. [...]
Dot In A Box — Trijicon’s RCR
When Trijicon released the RCR—Ruggedized Close Reflex—in '23, there was much discussion of the optic's form, especially of the mounting system. The RCR is an enclosed emitter optic, like the Aimpoint Acro, Steiner MPS, and [...]