This past weekend while assisting state police in arresting a drunk and disorderly person tresspassing on our property, it became painfully obvious that myself, a young security officer working in a campground, has a lot of duty gear that rivals that of the local state police unit.
For example, one officer attempted to illuminate the suspect and the interior of his car with an issue maglite, so to assist I illuminated the interior with my rechargeable Streamlight LED20X, easily 2-4 times brighter than the old maglite the trooper had. With that he turned off his light and went to assist the other officers with the arrest.
In further conversation with the officer, I found that he had only heard of underarmor cold gear, and was soaked in a sweaty cotton shirt under his vest (while I was comfy in my heatgear), only carried a 60 lumen surefire (compared to my gladius), and further that he was jealous of my comfortable nylon duty belt and ESS ICE eyeshields with clear lenses.
Is it just me, or does something seem very wrong that the tax dollar funded police we call as backup are in many cases equipped with lesser quality items than security are?
For example, one officer attempted to illuminate the suspect and the interior of his car with an issue maglite, so to assist I illuminated the interior with my rechargeable Streamlight LED20X, easily 2-4 times brighter than the old maglite the trooper had. With that he turned off his light and went to assist the other officers with the arrest.
In further conversation with the officer, I found that he had only heard of underarmor cold gear, and was soaked in a sweaty cotton shirt under his vest (while I was comfy in my heatgear), only carried a 60 lumen surefire (compared to my gladius), and further that he was jealous of my comfortable nylon duty belt and ESS ICE eyeshields with clear lenses.
Is it just me, or does something seem very wrong that the tax dollar funded police we call as backup are in many cases equipped with lesser quality items than security are?
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