Police TO&E......

[.45cultist]

Interesting, I though the property room would resemble a marauder cache, but wanted an idea of what a station might have on hand.

[Olefin]

my small town in western NY had a total of nine police - all armed (until well into the 1990's) with revolvers and pump action shotguns, until they finally got Glock's around 2000

[rcaf_777]

There are 170 Police Services in Canada, I sure the State of Calforina has more than that.

The number could be higher if count Sheriffs(Different function in Canada), Highway Patrols, and Conservation Units

[aspqrz]

Just as a matter of interest, as I have some scattered stuff I scavenged from assorted sites of unconfirmed reliability, what sort of equipment other than weapons does a 'typical' (or local to wherever you are) copper have ...

* On their persons

* Mounted on/in their vehicle

* In the trunk of their vehicle

It's sort of peripherally important for an adventure scenario I am writing.

I realise most of you will probably have info on US Police, but I'd be interested in Canadian and European forces as well (and, really, Police from anywhere)

I mean, do they wear body armour all the time, as some TV shows suggest? What sort of radios do they have - Car mounted or only personal sets? Do they have old style Handcuffs or the newer disposable Cable Tie-like ones, or both? Is there a First Aid kit in the Boot (Trunk)?

That sort of nuts and bolts stuff.

Phil McGregor

[lombardoslegion]

Other than weapons,

on my duty belt I carry 2 sets of steel handcuffs, 2 sets of rubber gloves, a radio, and a flashlight. Some of my coworkers carry tourniquets.

in the squad car, I have a radio, flex cuffs, fire extinguisher, Kevlar helmet, first aid kit, flash light, gas mask, computer and ticket books.

We are required to wear our body armor at all times. I work for a suburban department outside of Chicago and this is a fairly typical load out for this area.

Weapon wise, we carry Glock 17s and at least 3 mags, pepper spray, a taser, and a baton. Back up guns are optional. We have Ar15s in the trunk and can request a shotgun from the armory when needed.

[swaghauler]

Originally Posted by lombardoslegion

Other than weapons,

on my duty belt I carry 2 sets of steel handcuffs, 2 sets of rubber gloves, a radio, and a flashlight. Some of my coworkers carry tourniquets.

in the squad car, I have a radio, flex cuffs, fire extinguisher, Kevlar helmet, first aid kit, flash light, gas mask, computer and ticket books.

We are required to wear our body armor at all times. I work for a suburban department outside of Chicago and this is a fairly typical load out for this area.

Weapon wise, we carry Glock 17s and at least 3 mags, pepper spray, a taser, and a baton. Back up guns are optional. We have Ar15s in the trunk and can request a shotgun from the armory when needed.

I had virtually the same loadout except we added; 1 ASP telescoping baton, 1 small can of Pepper Spray (generally worthless), 4 sets of flexi-cuffs (to secure doors during building searches while serving warrants & for group prisoner transports). We had door stops (used to "secure" doors during searches) and 4 pair of leg irons and manacles for prisoner transport in our vehicles (we used Ford LTD cruisers and Ford E150 Vans with cages for prisoner transports). We had access to 2 "shock belts," (a belt with a "stungun" located over the kidneys) for violent offenders and were just getting Tasers (worn crossdraw) when I left.

We also carried a couple of cans of Final Net hairspray in our vehicles. If you hosed down a perp with pepper mace; You would spray him down with Final Net and let it dry for a minute. This would prevent the mace from "vaporing" and irritating you in the cruiser. It also sealed the mace to the perp's body so you wouldn't have trouble hosing out the smell of the mace from the cruiser after you transported the perp.

[aspqrz]

Thanks, that meshes with a chunk of what I had sourced elsewhere! The differences would seem to be between more your urban areas and more rural ones (or Highway Patrol/State Police).

Phil