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Have to agree with BJS:
There are too many newsclippings and court records that can be Googled to back up the realization that LEOs break laws. I personally know of a vice detective who did so.
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Do LE officers carry knives
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Have to agree with BJS:
There are too many newsclippings and court records that can be Googled to back up the realization that LEOs break laws. I personally know of a vice detective who did so.
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I had a few of the Airlights, and they weren't crap.
They weren't Spyderco or Gerber, but they weren't crap.
I have been out of law enforcement for a few years now, but I carried a few different no name Japanese imports back then, but they were the higher quailty models and served well. I run several commerical real estate locations now, and I have about 25 off duty officers that work part time for me at our malls in NYC, NJ and Philly and very few of them are into knives at all, and they tend to carry the cheapest think out there. The only exception to this is my buddy who just retired from NYC ESU ( SWAT elsewhere). He always had a spyerdco of some sort and a cheap model. During the first World Trade Center attack in the early 1990s, he destroyed his spyerdco in a few days cutting things in the garage where the explosion was, and he went through about twenty cheap knives in the next two months on the site. Most officers I worked with had no interest in knives and little interest in guns. I must admit that my love for guns was lessened back then as NYC required you to carry a gun all times you where in the city limits, on duty or off, and it was a pain sometimes.....
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Just about everyone I know carries some kind of folder. Types are all across the board and you could look in any mail order equipment catalog and probably find the gamut--from the quality to the iffy at best.
One thing that I've found folders useful for is when you have to help process a crime scene. There will be stuff you won't want to touch with your hands (even with gloves) and it's good to have a tool to do that for you.
One thing that I've found folders useful for is when you have to help process a crime scene. There will be stuff you won't want to touch with your hands (even with gloves) and it's good to have a tool to do that for you.
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Question remaining -- what is a "buck knife"? Some NKP (Non Knife People) believe in the existence of the buckknife as a style of knife, although I'm not sure what style they mean. Or we could have a reference here to a knife by Buck Knives, the company.
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I am a cop and most of the guys I work with carry lower cost folders. A few of the guys carry Benchmade (military guys got them overseas), one carries an Emerson, and Kershaw. I carry a Emerson Commander and a Hideaway knife. The Commander is used constantly for chores and the HAK is a backup weapon.
I like knives and am willing to spend money on my knives, they don't care as long as the knife performs. Several don't want to spend money on more expensive knives as they tend to lose things. I also end up having to sharpen most of the other officer's knives as they get them so dull that they won't cut anymore.
We do not keep and carry any knives that are confiscated, they are placed into evidence and destroyed when the courts allow us to dispose of the evidence.
Jon
I like knives and am willing to spend money on my knives, they don't care as long as the knife performs. Several don't want to spend money on more expensive knives as they tend to lose things. I also end up having to sharpen most of the other officer's knives as they get them so dull that they won't cut anymore.
We do not keep and carry any knives that are confiscated, they are placed into evidence and destroyed when the courts allow us to dispose of the evidence.
Jon
Everyone I work with carries a knife of some type. Most of them are fairly cheap, as police tend to break or lose everything that they can lay their hands on. I personally carry a Manix in my front right pocket, a beat up old Spyderco Police in a left side cargo pocket for cutting rough stuff and things that might damage the blade, and a Civillian clipped to my armor that has only one purpose. If asked it is to cut seat belts. I am the precincts Knife Guy, and considered a bit odd by my cutlerly challenged peers. I also tend to have a fair bit of extra ammo and magazines in my gear bag. Maybe I AM paranoid. Hmmmm.
Spyderco and Benchmade are fairly common, but it is usually the lower priced models. BM autos are seen occasionally. I've got a Presidio, but I quit carrying it when I realized that I just liked the Manix more.
Spyderco and Benchmade are fairly common, but it is usually the lower priced models. BM autos are seen occasionally. I've got a Presidio, but I quit carrying it when I realized that I just liked the Manix more.
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It would appear that the SAK , has been edged out of favor by the multitool . This would seem to parellel what has hapened in a large segment of society .
On a more encouraging note , one of the better/larger LE supplies up here has a Spyderco Sharpmaker ( well Used ) , set up on their counter . As they dont often stock the 204 , it's mostly as a service to the local fire , ems , and LE troops . Both major suppliers around here carry a fair supply of Spyderco and in one case Benchmade stuff , they are both Leatherman dealers .
Chris
On a more encouraging note , one of the better/larger LE supplies up here has a Spyderco Sharpmaker ( well Used ) , set up on their counter . As they dont often stock the 204 , it's mostly as a service to the local fire , ems , and LE troops . Both major suppliers around here carry a fair supply of Spyderco and in one case Benchmade stuff , they are both Leatherman dealers .
Chris
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I as a nonLEO carried a SAK until Leatherman began selling their tools and immediately switched over to them. Now I rarely carry a multitool, although I have a couple of good ones around. I am never far from one of my larger SAKs -- Ranger, Craftsman, One-hand Trekker. I just don't need the pliers now that I'm retired, but I never outgrow the need for a pruning saw.
If I were recommending a multiblade for a LEO, i'd go with the SAK, as a compact, lighter weight, general use tool kit, less the pliers that I can't see being all that useful, just more metal to lug around.