[Shane1911]

Anyone got any favourite places to shop for your tactical goodies? Websites? Names/addresses?

Does your agency give you credit/allowance for miscellaneous tactical purchases?

 

[Chris Oslin]

Shane -

I have no ONE place to go to for gear, as I am very picky about every individual item, and I have found no place that carries all the manufacturer's products I prefer.

As far as reimbursement - my agency just started issuing holsters to plainclothes personnel in the last 11 months. I write my gear off on my taxes.

 

[Mark Garrity]

Botach Tactical (www.botach.com) is a good source for tactical
and related gear, and if you get on their list they will e-mail you with weekly specials at great discounts.
I'm rather fortunate in having three budgets to work from on my department: a firearms budget, a tactical team budget, and a
general training supplies budget. I can usually aquire what I or another officer needs by accessing one of the three.

 

[tribologist]

http://www.bestdefense.com has some good, hard to find police gear - and firearms stuff.

 

[Branspop]

http://www.galls.com

 

[JohnH]

Shane,

If you check out the links section of my website, you will find all the gear guys I've had good luck with. These include Lagger Professional Services, Sabelco, and Century Arms for ammo. The URL is http://thecurmudgeon.freeservers.com

 

[SF]

I buy from many sources. If they don't have the gear I want (or the best price), I'll shop around. My favorites include Galls, and also Botach. Locally (Seattle) is a police supply store/chain, Blumenthal's.

We get about $600 USD annually to spend on "approved" items.

SF