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 [...]
Alien Gear Holsters New Rapid Force LVL2 Slim Holster
Having a durable and reliable holster is crucial when it comes to carrying a firearm, but it’s even more important for law enforcement. For as long as they’ve been armed, suspects have attempted to disarm [...]
SOG PENTAGON XR New Folder Designed for Self-Defense
SOG Specialty Knives & Tools was founded in 1986 by designer and toolmaker Spencer Frazer. Named after the elite Vietnam-era Special Forces military group known as the Studies and Observation Group, the company's first knife [...]
Beast Mode! Case Winker American Hero Knives
The annual SHOT Show is not just a huge venue for buying and selling, but an incubator for building new relationships and exchanging ideas. At SHOT Show 2016 two diverse parties got together and discussed [...]
Spicy Slicers!
For Spyderco Variety Is King! Photos: Chuck Pittman, Inc. It’s always exciting to get the new Spyderco catalog. To paraphrase Forrest Gump, “It’s like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” [...]
Gerber Gear Center Drive
Gerber Gear announces the introduction of the Center-Drive. A multi-tool, the Center-Drive features Center Axis Tech, which aligns the full-size driver in the center of the tool to yield maximum torque and rotation. According to [...]
Princeton Tec’s Charge-X — A Multi-Fuel Helmet Light
The Charge X® from Princeton Tec is a new helmet light that offers exceptional versatility and adaptability, making it suitable for a wide range of applications. Its utility extends beyond the tactical, although that's what [...]
From One To The Next — Some Handheld Light Techniques
We are far more likely to use and need a hand-held flashlight than we are a pistol-mounted light. Never mind lights mounted on shotguns and carbines. Those are for another discussion. Before we get into [...]
Candela & Lumens
Role “2: a function or part performed especially in a particular operation or process.” It's safe to say that "we" – the whole community of uniformed personnel and decent, normal humans who want to be [...]
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. [...]
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, [...]
Product Reviews & GoSafe’s Security Solutions
How does an item – whatever kind of item – end up as an article here? Is there a process? What are we looking at or for? What is being reviewed? For starters, what [...]
Infinity Targets
Golden age. I hear that phrase a bunch – especially relating to firearms, to training, to ammunition. Probably targets as well. Generally, the target you choose to use doesn't matter. Paper, cardboard, or steel. Each [...]
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, [...]