Courtesy of Tactical Life The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office in Virginia is the latest law enforcement agency to announce it is transitioning over to the Sig Sauer P320. RELATED STORY: Report – Price a Major Factor for Army Handgun as Sig Sauer Beats Glock by $100M Founded in 1757 and based in Leesburg, Va., the Loudoun County Sheriff’s […]
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Philippine National Police Buys New Glock 17 Gen4 Service Pistols
Courtesy of Tactical Life Glock might not be getting any love from the U.S. Army right now, but the law enforcement community is still embracing the company. Case in point: The Philippine National Police is buying a batch of Glock 17 Gen4 pistols to use as its new duty gun. Glock won the solicitation for new service pistols against competition […]
Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office Picks Sig Sauer P320 as New Sidearm
Courtesy of Tactical Life Sig Sauer, and more specifically, the P320, is on a roll these days. Earlier this year, the Army picked it as the winner of its XM17 Modular Handgun System program to find a new service gun. Now, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office has followed suit by announcing it has chosen the striker-fired Sig […]
Meet Detective Tina Guerrero: The NYPD’s Only Female Counter Sniper
Courtesy of Tactical Life Yesterday we told you about the first female recruits to graduate from the U.S. Army’s Infantry One Station Unit Training. Continuing on with the theme of women breaking barriers, we’d like to introduce you to the NYPD’s first female counter sniper. 5-foot, 1-inch Det. Tina Guerrero became a NYPD officer soon after the birth […]
First Phase of NYPD Body Camera Program Launches
Courtesy of Tactical Life The NYPD body camera program has officially kicked off its first phase that will eventually see all 22,000 patrol officers in the city wearing the digital recording devices by 2019. Check out the video above to learn more about it. According to Newsday, more than 50 NYPD cops from the city’s 34th Precinct — which includes Washington Heights and […]
Police Tactics: Using a Patrol Car as Cover During a Shootout
(Article courtesy of Tactical Life) We live in a mobile society. Cars are everywhere, and in law enforcement, they serve as our mobile offices. At the start of a shift, unless you are assigned a take-home car, you head out from roll call to find your patrol car. After an inspection to make sure the previous shift […]
Albemarle County Police get tourniquets after officer uses one to save a man’s life
ALBEMARLE COUNTY, Va. (NEWSPLEX) — On Nov. 11, 2016, Albemarle County Police Officer Jason Beach responded to a home on Irish Road and found a man bleeding from the leg. “I saw a male victim in the passenger seat of the car bleeding profusely,” remembered Beach. Apparently, the man had shot himself and hit one […]
Dubai Police’s Bugatti Veyron Named World’s Fastest Cop Car
(Article courtesy of Tactical Life) There’s no outrunning the police in Dubai. In fact, getting arrested might be a good thing, if only so you can say you caught a ride in their Bugatti Veyron, which has just been officially certified by Guinness World Records as the world’s fastest police car in service. RELATED STORY: Police Tactics – Using […]
Petzl Strix IR Headlamp: First Look
The Petzl Strix IR Headlamp combines incredible quality and function with the ability to have infrared capabilities all in an affordable package. It doesn’t matter if you are an electrician on a construction site or an Infantryman deployed to a combat zone, a good quality headlamp that can be used in multiple configurations can be […]
Penn Arms Striker: A Shotgun For Specialized Police Work
The Penn Arms Striker is one of the most interesting tactical shotguns on the market. Holding 12 rounds in a drum magazine, the Striker is considered a clockwork revolver. This type of action uses a spring-advanced magazine that rotates with each press of the trigger. Striker shotguns are classified under the National Firearms Act as […]