Search Gloves - Expereince

[Echos13]

So I now find myself working various places now with x-ray, walk through arches and wanding operations. And was thinking about searches of bags, packages and etc. We don't always do it but sometimes have to provide back up during busy days.

No, it's not TSA.

I have researched so many gloves but they all seem to have one flaw or another. Any recommendations these days? My old 511's are good but are not made anymore.

Pathogens are always a worry; but the sharps and sticky's more so. Any recommendations and experience in brands?

E

[PolarDeer]

I'm using slashproof gloves with the highest EN388 (European protective equipment standard) rating and they're fairly good to use both when driving and in use of force situations, though they might be a bit too warm to wear for extended periods in the summer. I've taken to the policy of always having gloves on in certain sites learning from the experiences of not having the time to pull the gloves on when removing or apprehending people you don't want to touch with bare hands for a lot of reasons like them being hobos or drug addicts. Can't give a manufacturer recommendation since they're made by a local company.

Don't know about actual anti-stab gloves, my workmate recently got a pair made by Hatch and he seemed pretty impressed though the actual anti-stab models always seemed fairly clumsy to me. Though I suppose they do if you just expect to carry out searches and not end up in use of force situations and such.

[Echos13]

I have found some gloves that look intriguing, though I wonder how manipulative they are when going threw bags and containers.


This one is pathogen type..
http://www.uscav.com/productinfo.asp...548&catid=2892

This one is not..
http://www.galls.com/uniformstyle?as...og&style=GL380

[Pop pop]

http://www.turtleskin.com/Police-Gloves.aspx

[PlateStacker]

I've always used BLACKHAWK! gloves. They are lightweight, and both slash and prick resistant. And doubled-up on the finger tips. They are specifically for searching persons.

*IMPORTANT*
Make sure you practice shooting with them on! My Search gloves aren't bad to shoot with but my cold weather gloves are hard to shoot with a pistol. M4's have the flip down trigger guard, pistols don't!

[A2012SC]

I would definitely recommend getting an oversized trigger guard On an M4 rather than just removing it or letting it swing. Magpul makes some good ones.

[psycosteve]

So I now find myself working various places now with x-ray, walk through arches and wanding operations. And was thinking about searches of bags, packages and etc. We don't always do it but sometimes have to provide back up during busy days.

No, it's not TSA.

I have researched so many gloves but they all seem to have one flaw or another. Any recommendations these days? My old 511's are good but are not made anymore.

Pathogens are always a worry; but the sharps and sticky's more so. Any recommendations and experience in brands?

E

When I would have to do searches I would use a set of leather gloves with a Kevlar liner that were puncture resistant with a pair of nitrite blue rubber gloves . Its hard to balance tactile sensitivity with balance but not to sound cheesy but its kinda one of those things your going to have to feel out . The rehab place I worked at had people who were on all kinds of drugs with all kinds of ways they took them . The possibility of catching hepatitis, HIV or some other kind of blood borne illness was quite real . The worst was checking luggage for the patents . The amount of needles , glass stems, drugs and assorted paraphernalia was boggling to say the least .

I had a set of friskmasters that I think I paid like 40 for back in the day that held up very nicely . I gave them to the officer who replaced me when I got a bogus sexual harassment charge cause I refused to flirt with some junkie bitch who was looking to carry favor for special privilages.

[j2huggies]

I use HATCH Frisk gloves and occassionally wear Blackhawk SOLAG gloves

[KeithSDavid]

The gloves that I wear depend truely on what I am searching. If I am search purses / backpacks for contraband but not the individual themselves with my hands. Then I will usually wear nitrile gloves, I have a small wooden rod and I use that to "dig" through the bag with one hand. The other hand is holding said bag open, along with a flashlight to illuminate the inside of the bag or package. If I am conducting a "pat down" style search then I will usually wear a pair of hatch gloves over my nitrile ones. I am a firm believer that if you do a frisk search properly, you won't miss anything regardless if you are doing it bare hand, with nitrile like gloves or gloves similar in design to friskmaster, hatch, etc. The goal of a frisk isn't to id the item while it is still int he pocket or hidden. The goal is to ID something is present and remove the item for identification in the open. Just my two cents, YMMV.