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 [...]
Shoulder Holsters – Part 2
I have always loved shoulder rigs because they allowed me to carry large firearms and support gear comfortably and in a manner I can easily don and doff as needed. I have recently gone back [...]
Galco’s High Ready Chest Rig
I reached out to Galco a while back after seeing their new High Ready chest rig advertised on their website. Galco's Media and PR Manager, Mike Barham, responded swiftly and was good enough to send [...]
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.
Shining A Light On Duty: The Role Of Headlamps In Law Enforcement And First Response
The ability of law enforcement and other first responders to operate effectively in low-light conditions is crucial. This is where the importance of a reliable, hands-free lighting solution, such as a headlamp, comes into play. [...]
Top Choice For Everyday Carry — SureFire’s EDC1-DFT Flashlight
Surefire’s original Turbo Series lights were game changers when they were introduced in the 1990s, pushing the boundaries of the then-existing technology to achieve astonishingly far-reaching lights. Today, the all-new Turbo Series has once again [...]
Lighting the Way: The Importance of Color Temperature and CRI in Tactical Flashlights
Tactical flashlights are essential tools, providing illumination in low-light environments or during night-time operations. The ANSI/PLATO FL 1 2016 Standard focuses on light output (lumens), beam distance, peak beam intensity (candela), run time, impact resistance, [...]
What You Need To Know About Lumens And Candela
Lumens and candela are two terms often used to describe the brightness of a light source, but they have different meanings and applications. Both measure brightness, but just different aspects. Lumens measure the total amount [...]
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 [...]
Dry Practicing Safely
It's good to see that there is a solid consensus on the importance of dry practice. Trainers of all backgrounds are recommending it to their students. There is a lot of discussion about what to [...]
Those Are My Bags, Baby
You can’t always carry everything you need in your cargo shorts or pants pockets. I know I would run out of capacity in those pretty quickly. Between a laptop and tablet, power cords, a headset, [...]
Pistol Mounted Optics — Revisited
Back in 2012 (I know, I know—that is like Prehistoric times), I started using a pistol-mounted optic on duty. Initially, that was going to be a one-year experiment to see what my old organization might [...]
Open Or Closed? Your Choice Of Emitters
Which style is better? Is an open-emitter optic design best? Or would a closed-emitter model work better for you? What are we talking about? An open emitter optic does not enclose the space between [...]
Program Development For Not-So-Big Agencies
Let me know if this sounds familiar. “Sir, I have a great idea. I think we should put optics on our pistols.” They are rugged and valuable pieces of equipment, and many places are going [...]
Vortex’s Defender CCW — Concealed Carry Optic
You do not have to have an optic on your pistol—not even on your carry guns, whether concealed or duty. However, I do. I have optics on many of the pistols I shoot regularly. One, [...]