you be careful out there and please, wear your vest!

ralph crosby it is way more comfortable

I laughed my ass off reading this because it is the first thing that came to my mind!

+John Stewart sometimes familiarity works

+B L U E 👍👍👍

+Tad Trueman me too

+TOMMY .Godley I work security too brother. There is no shame in any job that pays the bills and everyone deserves to get the support they need to be good at their jobs.

+Officer Thomas That I am going to get into soon. I don't own all of them so some borrowing will have to go on. That takes more time.

How about one on the dos & don't of pursuit? There's a lot of nuance to a foot chase, I'm finding.

I carry mine up front strong side so I can get to them with either side

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+Ryan W well there are three good options for reloads with revolvers. One is using a speed loader in a pouch (standard or split six style, split six works a bit better, but I don't own any amymore), the second is to have a second or third gun (chicago/new york reload), third is to step up to a higher capacity revolver (8 shot. 357's are becoming a thing now). The last one is expensive and finding holsters for the more exotic revolvers, especially duty holsters is a bit rough. Speed loaders are a common solution but take significant skill to be proficient with, the Chicago reload was what guys "in the know" did most often back when wheel guns were the thing for police work. Now, you could also have/get a gun cut for moon clips. Moon clips tend to be fragile though under hard use and once they bend it is a bitch to use the ammo in them for anything in a hurry.

+bestket weave lol

You should totally get reddit and join the bestketweave army. r/protectandserve

+bestket weave I'll think k about it, but I've got lots of social media on my plate right now.

Alright. Take care and stay safe!

+bestket weave you do the same brother

+TacRac I like the Leatherman pouch idea for off duty!

free field training at one point I tried an IWB spare mag holder from Alien Gear but it's about as uncomfortable as it gets lol, plus you can only fit one

+TacRac I'm not a big fan of IWB mag carriers. I tried one, it worked. But, I'm a bit fat for IWB to start with, let alone putting an extra mag in my pants too.

+hagi takanashi cool

Not sure if you ever answered this or not but how do you sit in a car comfortably without your gear hitting the seatbelt or jabbing into the hips. I know a bunch of guys who just don't wear a seatbelt on duty but the seatbelt and the seat consistently shove gear into my sides and I hate it. I keep nothing on my back except a glove pouch, usually it's just my HT digging into my left side. Any input would be awesome.

+hagi takanashi I always wear a seat belt. You have to move your stuff around on your belt to get comfortable. That is where most guys who give their "expert opinion" on where to put gear fall down. The same guys who will give you crap for putting a baton behind your gun. The reality of the job is different from a chat room. Start scooting things around and find a balance that is right for you. Sometimes you have to give up that perfect tactical positioning to get comfortable and be able to do your job.

free field training ok, thanks for the quick reply. Right now I'm stuck with a duty belt but in the future when I'm hired on an external vest would fix that issue for me. Right now I volunteer and we have limited stuff we can use/wear. The county I work in has been on national news like crazy the last couple weeks, so I'm on high alert whenever I go out. I'm gonna look into that vest you reviewed too. Seems like a good investment to me. Stay safe.

+hagi takanashi a ballistic vest is always a good investment. Please be careful and wear your seat belt.

+Serpent Seven-Six if I might make a suggestion, the audio and video quality is horrible, but I have always liked this one the most: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jJeInpeTybu5j3k.html

Thank you. I found the audio to be fine, but l will follow your suggestion.

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That's crazy man, lucky you got out of there. How many bullets did you have? Only 18?

maybe reconsider your life choices if you have all those things that other people bought for you to use and instead of using them your main complaint is discomfort of having them all on you while you sit around

Of all the things for an offender to grab and try to use as a weapon against me when clinched up I think my spare mags are the least of my worries. Fun thought experiment, but until we start seeing documented cases of these issues causing injuries it's all conjecture.

+bmswg thanks, a fan made it for me, dudes name is Devin. Good guy.

free field training sounds like a jerk..

+Sedan57Chevy I only have one set of speed loader pouches, I want to get a set of split six pouches before I do a vid on them and I'm too cheap to buy one.

Haha I know that feeling. I found a nice leather one that doesn't have a name on it and I've been using it for quite a while now. No need to upgrade, but I'm always curious to see what others are using. Maybe someday you'll get a pair of those split six pouches and we can have a video. Until then, I'll just have to be satisfied with all the other excellent content your produce.

+Sedan57Chevy I was playing a going over the duty belt that I use with my revolver but it's somebody else's old belt from when they were tired so there's only so much I can say about it

+Chris Jones I used those for a while when I had a Molle vest. They work well but are a royal pain to get on the vest. Lol

that's very true, lol. I'm starting to get pretty good at it.

+Chris Jones lol, I never did. I always broke my finger nails off trying to get the rubber straps on the rifle mags over those little tabs on the bottom. I eventually got wiser and used a pair of needle nose pliers.

I use a butter knife of all things. I push the strap on as far as I can by hand and use the back of the knife to do the rest. I use the knife on the taser holster for my vest too.

+Chris Jones I'll have to give that a try

+traprmike there are a few places around here that will let guys carry ball as a second option for duty. I've never heard of someone carrying another single mag pouch for them behind their gun, but that's what is great about having this chanel. I get to learn new things all the time.

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+Ivory Bailey I think they are meprolight.

+Owen Cooley Yeah, I think I can handle that, though some radios the antenna is just like that and there is little you can do. Try sliding it a little further forward on your off side. Put it at about 10 o'clock. It will look a little stupid, but be more comfortable. The other solution for those long stiff antennas is to vest mount the radio.

+alwaysrockn2009 thanks brother!

Also, could you compare and contrast drawing a taser with your support hand and your dominant hand?

+Paul It is really a matter of preference and what you want to do with it.

+Paul that we might do.

Here is a break down of rounds 45 ACP, Great stopping power, but in smaller back up guns, the recoil can be a bit to handle. 40. Cal, Great stopping power, great capacity and easy to handle... but everybody uses it so you get no hipster points. 9mm, Stopping power is ammo dependent, great capacity, and extremely easy to handle. But you might have that psychological effect of people thinking its too weak. 380/32, Really not powerful enough for police work. Its not that they won't kill people, its that there really isn't a cost or recoil reduction significant enough to justify this over 9mm. 22LR, If a cop is using this, don't mess with him. He's halfway pissed as hell that they somehow gave him a 6 shot heritage arms revolver as his duty weapon, but low key he's practiced on this gun allot. He probably shot 150 rounds at a gun range before showing up to briefing this morning. He will shoot you, through your open mouth and glaze your spinal cord in such a way that you will lose all sensation in your penis. But, I'm not a cop, just posting what I read on the internet.

Andre Havard hay I am a super small woman and had issues with my inner and outer belts as well even with keepers ( 6 of them) the belts were so uncomfortable. I went to my local SafeLife store and got their Velcro belt. And OMG its a life saver. Easy on easy off yet secure. Have had it for a year and my back problems have decreased greatly. I highly recommend SafeLifes products. They custom made a inner and outer vest for me. Amazing guys.

+ThePongo357 the triple open top pouches are pretty cheap.

+BDurant nah, I am issued non bonded Remington golden Sabre. We are transitioning to Winchester Ranger T. The Ranger T is a much better round. I've never had to buy duty ammo really because the pd will give me just about as much if it as I want.

+matthew collins I could handle that. We'll put it on the list.

That is why I run mine centerline...kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aZlzjNOVzaiumWw.html

+Micheal Domayer so behind your right hip?

Correct, I'm left handed. I have the bullets facing my back so when I have to reload, I pull them out and into the gun easily.

+Micheal Domayer I know one guy who puts his mags closer to his back like that. He is big on looking good and he says it slims up his profile and makes his belly look flatter. Different strokes for different folks I guess. I like mine up front for access.

+Soylent Green a friend of mine carry a Sig p220 and uses the safariland quad mag carrier. If you need a single stack that is less finicky than a 1911 you should check out the Sig p220, they even make a single action only model now. Way less maintenance involved in those than a 1911. Or, if you are restricted to ten rounds the Smith m&p 45 model takes a semi-staggered 10 round mag and is the same size around the grip as many 9mm pistols. Not as good a trigger, but still very manageable.

Thanks for your suggestions. I actually own an m&p 45 but like you said terrible trigger and like any place you can't modify them. I haven't looked into the p220 but maybe I should. I've been shooting 1911s since I was a little kid it's just my comfort zone. But I need to step into the future. Being born in the 90s most people my age can't even field strip a 1911. Thanks for these videos btw definitely helpful. If I didn't go the firefighter route I would of definitely considered law enforcement but I don't want to do as much running as you do in the academy lol. Waiting my turn on the civil service list and have been a volunteer for 4 years. TYFYS;)

+Soylent Green funny, I said the same thing about going into burning buildings and carrying hoses up 30 flights of stairs. Lol

free field training luckily I live in a suburban town and we only have 2 high rises that are twin towers and they're only 8 stories. All the mutual aid areas are apartment buildings also so I'll never have to do that if I stay in my town. Plus with your adrenaline running and only being limited to working for the amount of time with the air in your bottle, it's short bursts of energy not running 12 miles in short shorts. I'm 5'9" Italian heritage. I enjoy pasta a little to much. Lol. Don't get me wrong I do exercise but at my own pace I've never been a big runner.

+Soylent Green that still sounds like too much cardio. For me cardio is something best done IN a car. Lol

+okie cowboy I tried it for a little while and it was nothing but a pain. Ditched it and went to a mag coupler. 60 rounds on the gun should be more than enough for anything I run into.

free field training thanks for the quick reply man. stay safe out there!

+okie cowboy that's what I'm here for.

There are a couple websites that make good holders but I prefer centerline it holds my ar mag and my duty ammo case and then attached to belt it's double sided attached so it can be on ur belt alone or something attached to it on ur belt

+gary warmanen It hides scratches. At the end of the day this is a job and any way you can get more life out of your gear without compromising safety is a plus. When I started I hated basketweave gear. I thought it looked stupid. Now I think it is the best.

What my guess is that they were used way before the new leather ones were issued and i know that for me. the weave one for my baton holster is a little me loose fitting then the leather one. but the rest of my gear was leather.

+interpol007 I used it for a few years when I started. It worked pretty well.

free field training I just got a triple Molle pouch for my external so I can carry six pistol mags in total

Pretty sure it is the stx

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Nope. Open top pouches are not an issue if they are tensioned properly. You have to tighten down open tops far more than you normally would.

Always use the phrase "Gear Queer" at some point during the interview.

+Aaron Flores I don't actually own one. I do have the Benchmade equivalent dagger (which I like much more) We are talking about knives in an upcoming video which I just got done with.

I appreciate it. I'm just looking because I'm graduating my academy soon and see some of the guys carrying them

+Aaron Flores I find it easier to carry a j frame on my off side, more useful too.

+Rowdyrew Blogs lol, thanks man

+skip davis lol, sorry, I meant to put that in as a card or annotation and KZfaq recently changed how all of those work. I'll try to remember to fix it.

+Mauricio Rodriguez that is an excellent idea.

Uniform requirements

+Drew Labat I've noticed a direct correlation between horizontal carry on the non dominant side and guys who are way over weight, but ten years ago when I went to the academy horizontal carry was the taught method for everyone. It was literally just the "flavor of the day".

+Mat Kirk I think they are.

free field training no the first one is bianch and the second one is safariland

+Tyler brown I've seen their ads, I haven't seen one in person though.

Just got mine in the mail today. Appears to be of good quality might be worth checking out

+Ethan Lucas I could do the job with a skinny barrel k frame if I had to. I am thinking if getting a Sig p320rx depending on what kind of holsters I can find for it. Duty holsters are a bit sparse yet.

free field training Yes, usually when handguns become more popular is when you will find more abundant holsters. By the way, I really appreciate how you take time to respond to comments, keep up the great work :)

+Ethan Lucas I'm doing my best man. At some point the comment flood is going to overwhelm me, but it won't be today.

+asdfjkl74able yep, but it isn't mine.

free field training thought so, great videos man I love em

+Blayne Peterson I think you are talking about a shoulder holster. Be careful with retention while using shoulder holsters. I use them on occasion, but they beg for a gun grab if you end up fighting with someone.

free field training this is true sadly that's why if I'm going to use it I try and wear a jacket so people don't know I have it but I am confident in my ability to react fast enough so that he can't pull it out of the holster but that's why I wear it only in bars or at concerts that way if someone does go for it there will always be someone to help me what's something a buddy of mine said was the only use smaller caliber guns because even if they can pull it out they're not going to go for a headshot the good for your chest so as long as I'm wearing a decent vest it won't be too effective if I have only a 22 but yeah that's a big problem for wearing that type of holster that's why I don't know if you've heard about this but some security guards in high-risk situations carry some kind of fixed blade knife in the crease of their back because that's supposed to be easier to deal with then a gun but I can't find a decent holster or else I would switch in a heartbeat

+Blayne Peterson knives are actually coming up in a video.

+John Dupuy Tighten up the retention screws and spill some doughnut crumbs and frappacino down 'em and they retain just fine. Lol. Real talk though, excellent point about the reload, I didn't think of that.

+westin Sandberg I'm going to have to disagree with you on that one but whatever works well for you I say rock it.

westin Sandberg I completely disagree with that as well. Rounds point forward just like they do in the gun. If not you're flipping it around to orient the rounds forward. I carry same side as the gun, horizontally, rounds forward next to the buckle with a Safariland triple mag with the flaps and snaps.

sgtbland since you carry rounds on your strong side having round face towards your weak side makes sense. when carrying mags the rounds should always face away from your gun whether that be strong side or weak side. To get an idea of what I mean if you carry you mags on the strong side facing forward and you slide the pouch around you belt to the weak side the round will then face to your rear which requires the same grip style as you had before when the pouch was on your strong side. My general rule of thumb is all left hander carry round facing clockwise around the body and all right handers carry round facing counterclockwise around and the body. With this setup no matter where you put your mag pouch the grip around the magazine will be the same so your muscle memory to orient the mag to the gun will not change even though the mag pouch location might change.

+The Reboot Program I'll put that on the list, but that is kinda the whole channel.

+The Reboot Program maybe something in a "Reading Body Language"

free field training definitely! am trying to study some but its a lot of work. I work in security and want to use it to spot agression and if people are hiding something or are up to something

+serhammalot01 knives is coming up shortly

free field training , I can't wait!!

I carry the large size TDI knife behind my mag pouch. The mag pouch is on my left (support) side. I've carried it there for about 4 years and have no complaints. The reason I carry the larger knife is just for the longer handle, I tried the small TDI and it was very difficult to grab the handle when behind the mag pouch.

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+Ivan Castillo lol

+the vein slayer lol

free field training for some reason brand name top of the line stuff breaks on me so I don't even try. At the end of the day I don't think a bad guy is going to care if your gear is unclemikes, something high-speed like 5.11 or something made in China. I personally like mag holders with flaps just because I guess I'm old fashioned lol. Same as I'd rock with old a.l.i.c.e. gear if I couldn't get the latest tacticool gear. Skill sets outweigh looking cool

+the vein slayer truer words have never been spoken. skill > gear

+Ski Fall Nah, it's just cheap insurance. Gun fights are come as you are affairs. It would be great if we knew that we were going to be pinned down ahead of time, we would bring a rifle. But, that just isn't reality. Whatever we have on hand is what we will have to fight with. There is also the capacity issue. If you want more rounds but are stuck with a larger caliber another mag makes good sense. Lest someone think this type of thing never happens here are some article links: www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-police-captain-shot-recovery-met-20141217-story.html www.policeone.com/police-heroes/articles/6199620-Why-one-cop-carries-145-rounds-of-ammo-on-the-job/ www.lakeexpo.com/news/top_stories/police-car-stolen-after-officer-runs-out-of-ammo/article_9675b566-d2ae-515f-b9fd-4ca289954fbb.html There are many such instances out there...

Ski Fall I carry 6 total. Five reloads plus the one in the gun.

you must work high crime areas?

Depending on your assignment & neighborhood if you feel the need. I just think ammo is a heavy load.

+Ski Fall a si glue spare mag doesn't weigh more than a good knife. I had a friend who ran out once. I am no more immune to the psychological effects of that than anyone else. I can tell you statistically the chances of that are very low, but when you see it happen.... Well you can't ignore it.

you`ve just answered your own question..

+Kyle Forsythe don't get in trouble.

See if the department has an explorer program.

yea i wont i'm home schooled home schoolers breaking the law is like telling a firefight to stop being lazy it wont happen.

+Deputy Dan_T21 lol, vibrators are issue in cali?

free field training Not everywhere dude. But there are a recomemended optional for those long midnights with no pending calls, no checmpoints to check periodicaly and a claer MDT/PDT/MDC(wat ever you call it).

It has GPS and an altimeter too. The cap can activate the "Sammy Morse" mode which makes it vibrate our altitude and geographic three dimensional spherical coordinates and relative bearing to the north vector whenever we get close to another deputy in the field. Its how we "find" each other during building searches and clearing.

+Deputy Dan_T21 So, you can't use it in bed with the ol lady like you do with the taser?

free field training First, everyone at the station desk would know, second. Believe me thomas, I dont need it. My stroke game on point. My hops be fire. My black light skinned ass be doin some ol nigga shit. Niggas be breakin hella sweats. Somedays it be nothing but the nuts hanging out. Somedays it be nothing but my fiancee hanging out. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂...lol oh shit.(Ban me if that offended the twelve year old SJWs)

+Nøderak might help sepsis set in if you use the ammo in it. Lol

+Cody Goins Nope. Having 3 mags nullifies every argument about capacity, reloading methods, and mag/ammo commonality. I can do nothing but speed loads, carry a dissimilar gun/ammo, and a lower capacity 40 and none of the 9mm G19 having, tac loading, administration boot lickers can say anything about it because I am still better prepared than them.

understood. now on the aspect of looks. Do you think someone would take it as an agressive look/approach since 3 is less common to see then your average 2.

+Cody Goins I haven't run into it. Most people don't even understand what is on that belt. And those who do all understand what a magazine is and why you would have three.