Malamute, wearing body armor and/or raid jackets is much moe common when plainclothes officers do takedowns than it was in 1986.
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Malamute, wearing body armor and/or raid jackets is much moe common when plainclothes officers do takedowns than it was in 1986.
You'd be hard pressed in seeing any plain clothes guys around here doing a raid or stop without something like this on:
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If they aren't wearing something like that and out doing raids or stops, they're a dumbass. I kept mine close by in my car so I could throw it on while I was driving.
Lon, no disagreement with you as things stand TODAY, but things have changed. When I came into the business years back things were done very differently. It has taken years and numerous tragedies to get as many people wearing armor & readily ID'd attire as they do; yet clearly it isn't universal when you look at the LEOKA stats and other events.
For close to a couple decades hee, the norm for detectives to have hasty ID was a football practice jersey (the shorter ones with bigger holes in the mesh). Full color shoilder patches on both sleeves, badge patch on the chest, large & bright yellow letters reading police or sheriff front/back. Pretty hard to miss, real easy to thrown over soft armor.
But then external carriers showed up in detectives ... badge & police/sheriff patch up front, id patch on the back and nothing on the sides. Oh wait, that's what you showed ;)
No arguments Angus. I was just answering Malamutes question on if things have changed. Things have changed a lot just in my 21 year career.