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Weapons

Police Product Test: M-Pro 7 Advanced Small Arms Cleaning Kit

Parent company Bushnell took the BoreSnake and combined it with M-Pro7's cleaning products, creating a complete cleaning kit for personal, range, or agency use.

March 26, 2012

Patrol

Police Product Test: 5.11 Tactical's Taclite Jean-Cut Pant

Being able to wear a true "gun belt" when out of uniform is important to keep your sidearm from moving and flopping around. When your holster moves and tilts you print through your cover garment, showing you are "armed." You will not have this issue with the Taclite Jean-Cut Pant.

March 26, 2012

Special Units

Police Product Test: Danner DFA Boots

For most of us winter means cold, wet, and/or snowy shifts. Mother Nature has a habit of making days as an officer or first responder miserable. Fortunately, Danner can help tame the weather with its DFA boots.

February 16, 2012

Weapons

Police Product Test: Soundgear by LaPierre Digital Hearing Protection

Soundgear electronic hearing protection is a fully automatic earplug that returns environmental sounds while eliminating loud noise spikes. It is automatic in the sense that there is no user control that adjusts the level of volume in the unit.

January 24, 2012

Patrol

Police Product Test: Energizer Bravo Hard Case Flashlight

Few officers will argue that a good flashlight is, next to your duty weapon, probably the most essential piece of gear on duty or off. Energizer now has a line of "Hard Case" flashlights designed around the parameters of LE and Military use.

January 24, 2012

Patrol

Product Test: Pelican 1910 and 1920 Flashlights

The 1920 makes a perfect alley light. When the light-bar alley light is too much of a flood light or up too high to get a look at the ground, the 1920 is perfect.

January 2, 2012

Weapons

Police Product Test: Leupold VX-R Scope

Leupold builds optics to meet end users' needs. This is the case with the VX-R 1.25-4X20 SPR, a scope built for AR-style rifles.

December 18, 2011

Patrol

Police Product Test: SORD Australia Smock Jacket

At times you need more than just a weather-proof parka; you need one that will hold up to contact with trees and rocks as well as walls and vehicles. Special Operations Research and Development (SORD) offers just such a jacket.

December 18, 2011

Patrol

Police Product Test: 5.11 Tactical Stryke Taclite Pant

Today 5.11 offers law enforcement officers looking for quality clothing many fine options. The new Stryke with Flex-Tac is the latest pair of pants to carry on this tradition.

December 18, 2011

Patrol

Product Test: RideOut's Storm Quest and Carbon Comfort Saddles

The extended riding of bicycle patrol can be grueling, especially if you don't have a comfortable saddle. The Storm Quest and Comfort Carbon saddles from RideOut Technologies deliver on this promise.

December 4, 2011

Weapons

Police Product Test: SOG Knives' EOD PowerLock

I have noticed that the EOD PowerLock has improved in several ways. It now has a true needle-nose plier that will give you a fine point when you need it to grasp and pinch small items.

November 21, 2011

Patrol

Police Product Test: 782 Gear's Rogue Parka

The Rogue is 782's flagship parka. The fabric makes this "hard-shell" jacket virtually waterproof. It is also quiet. Most "hard-shells'" make that swishing sound that is not only annoying but can give you away when you require stealth.

November 21, 2011