I retired in ‘97 after 30 years and we did not have all this stuff to carry around. Tasers were a few years off so I had my pistol, two extra mags, cuffs and a radio. Vests were worn under the uniform shirt and the load was no where near as heavy as what’s carried today. Stay safe brothers & sisters.
Quick tip to setting up anything molle; put everything on with just the top row, try it on, make sure it works, then weave. Trust me the hours of frustration from having to redo because one pouch messed up setting up another pouch or you end up not liking the placement or whatever more than outweigh the 10 minutes it takes to do a test run.
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A little tip for adding pouches that have "slide-through" loops. The safelife belt, like many modern duty belts, is an inner/outer system with a hook-and-loop attachment between the two. When sliding the outer belt though the pouch loop you will want to have something between the 'hook' surface of the outer belt and the pouch loop you are trying to slide it though. If you buy a pouch from Safariland or Bianchi they come with a little plastic shim holding the pouch onto the display. Just stuff it between the two surfaces with the 'tabs' in the direction you are sliding the pouch. If you don't have one of those shims, you can just use a folded piece of paper and it will have the same effect. Makes the process much easier and prevents the pouch loops from getting all 'fuzzy' from the 'hooks' pulling on the material.
Tip in getting through molle webbing without butter knife, as for belt, reverse the belt and bend, so the molle will open itself, same as vest, remove plate, bend and go in
After looking through various deceiving descriptions, YOU are the only one to actually illustrate the entire set up from ASSEMBLING THE BELT to how to put on the equipment. I never used this type of set up before, I used Sam Browne but now I am plain clothes. Thanks and well done!
I have searched and searched as a daunting task to find experienced people doing no bull shit videos that are actually tutorial and explains tools and gadgets and gear. Finally!!! Thank you for that. Gonna binge watch a few videos now, hopefully all equally as good as this one.
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I said that because l have officers in my family but if it didn't have officers in my family i still would feel the same way if I didn't have officers in my family since I was a child I been watching TV shows with cops 8 always been fascinated with law enforcement 🚔
Well l bought the Safe Life Defense vest last year and l'm happy, now l'm going to retire my nylon duty belt that l was issued in 2000 and buying a Safe Life Defense duty belt for patrol. Well the wife is a little upset, but l need new gear. Good videos.
and yet the military guys are adding war (duty) belts to their kit to take things off their plate carrier to put on the belt to take the weight off their shoulders
Also Incase something happens where you have to drop your plates in water you'll sink or another reason u have to lose your plate carrier you still have ammo, med ect. Military loves redundancy
I had a radio belt pouch like that for about 6 months in 1983, when it was issued after the academy, after that it was a square black metal that was purchased at a police supply in Austin, Texas. Ive never used the word “Molly” except to mention the first girl that popped my cherry, and “Cobra” only to mention the Ford Mustang Cobra, that always out ran our Po-lice cars. We were issued a Bianche River belt rough duty for daily use, and a traditional Bianche Sam Browne for “Dress Use”, 8 keepers, 4 for each belt all with BRASS buttons and all the cases from handcuffs to OC spray to every accessory case must have a BRASS button to close pouches & keepers & every buckle including pistol threat level 3 Bianche, and new duty belts purchased must have brass, and has to be polished with BRASSO and an old sock, before inspection at “ traditional MUSTER” shift by watch Commander & shift Sergeants. I only purchased 1 other River Belt, through the same uniform company that mailed our stuff when I first began in 1983, but when I first started my waist was a 32” and now at 55 my waist is 34” since I was 48 years old, and had to have a saddle maker punch out 2 other holes in my leather rough duty, and the Dress Sam Browne only had to have the square buckle moved forward to accommodate my 34” waist as I got older. I never moved up to first line Supervisor/Sergeant, but stayed as Senior Corporal, which isn’t any kind of Supervision position. On 11/18/2019 I now have 36 years still in Patrol Division, never worked “undercover” or in any tactical, etc except traffic Division for 2 years, other than that I still work assigned shifts 1 man marked patrol unit. I always liked the Chevy Police Patrol sedans and second to Chevy was the Ford LTD 2 sedan Police Pkg when I first started because it had a hopped up Police package and a 460 CID Engine, no sports car could out do us in pursuits, and since our Metro Department is in the middle of the state of Texas, even when I started in 1983, the car issued was a 1979 LTD II 4 door sedan Police Interceptor the LTD CROWN VICTORIA was different and much heavier than the LTD II Patrol Sedan. Every single Patrol car had complete “BRUSH GUARDS” that covered entire grill & lights & looked exactly like the Ford pickup truck Brush-guards except didn’t have the bottom PIT Bars that are prevalent now in Police Car grill guards, simply because the PIT maneuver didn’t come around until the 90’s & CHP sent Driver Instructors from the CHP academy to teach Texas driving instructors & taught through out the states, so we could have a tool in stopping vehicles attempting to abscond during Police chases. We were wrecking while shooting at tires & forcibly wrecking into violators vehicles. But thank you young man, for sharing your Department’s methodologies, but I’m glad our department doesn’t allow beards, ear rings, any rings , or anything that doesn’t look professional on a Traditional Police Officer, except military regulated mustaches, no sideburns.
Blazing sadles. I saw a SWAT/CERT pin on the old vest. time to switch to the patch version. Good video for those that are new to MOLLE/PALS and outter vests.
My department doesn't use molle unless you're SWAT, too tactical looking, not friendly enough i guess. Soon we'll have to have cross draw duty weapons and fuzzy handcuffs so criminals don't get upset
Georgio Henderson dude I deal with the same shit at my department. They rather us have back problems that to attach our stuff to a Molle vest. I’ve said it over and over again, if a police officer is comfortable in their uniform, they will be more proactive.
@@joshwales1363 they do make straps you attach to your belt and go over your shoulders, helps take the load off your hips. You need an outer vest to hide the straps though.
Georgio Henderson yeah I’ve seen those before, so far my solution has been a lot of stretching and minimize the amount of gear that should stay on my belt. Keep it simple and prioritize what should stay on.
@@joshwales1363 The back problems comes from sitting in the patrol vehicle with the duty belt on. The Molleys on the outer vest is just as bad, because most of us load all of our gear on the front side including multiple mags, taser, molleys, cuffs, etc etc causing imbalance of weight on the front. There is really no way around the back problems with the all the gear we carry, regardless of the vest or not. Also, youre right...80 percent of departments will never switch to outer vest. Many are still traditional, and the other reason is that it looks too menacing
I’m glad that I was able to watch that video you answered some of my questions,and I may have more in the near future. I’m about to buy my 2nd safe life vest so that I can carry more on top,the vest and belt you just demonstrated I’ll keep you informed once I get my gear and start setting everything in place,Again I enjoyed the video.
One suggestion I have is to actually reverse the direction the belt goes through the cobra buckle. This will result in the extra belt on the inside and once tucked into the elastic keeper, will result in a much cleaner, kept, and professional look.
Everyone sets their gear up differently. There’s this cop from Las Vegas PD that created the Hendi Duty Gear method. He did a lot of research and worked on the method for years. That’s how I set my gear up. You guys might want to think about looking at it.
His system doesn't take into account the ability to put things on a vest that is now available and proven by science to reduce back injuries. It's great in most respects if you are restricted to just a duty belt and are a fairly skinny guy.
I love my safelife TUC IIIa+ it is great.. helped my back so much pain has stopped for the most part and getting all that equipment off my hips has helped my sciatica too.
w one-a dem space sights with the red light dot thinger, there, no less! We're not in Kansas, no' mo', Toto. If my cheap ass dept gets RMRs before 2050, it'd be a miracle. Grants for yoga and 'coffee with a cop' are more important than kit, apparently.
Good video! Keep it up. I just got a molli vest carrier and I'm gonna start experimenting with how I want it set up. My radio and my taser are the 2 biggest points of friction on my gear set up now. They are on my belt, it feels like a long reach across my body for taser, which I hate, and my radio gets snagged on my seatbel everytime i get out of my squad. I hate that, especially when I'm trying to get out fast or get out quietly. Gets in the way of my flow everytime. Needs to be fixed. Thanks again!
That Blackhawk Molle attachment for the Serpa taser holster really takes up a lot of pals webbing. There are much better options out there today. I run the “Zero 9” taser holster on both my duty vest and SWAT kit. Takes up minimal space and is a well thought out holster.
I want to be a Police Officer and I would pick the Vest Carrier when I become a cop and the things that I would put on the Vest are Handcuffs Pepper Spray,Magazines,Flashlight Asp and Radio on the Vest and I would put the Firearm,Taser,Tourniquet and Glove Pouch on the Belt
Not a fan of the molle belt. Where I live for winter you gotta adjust your belt out to loosen it up when wearing layered clothes. Having everything too locked down on your belt would suck because everything would be out of place from loosening it up and taking the stuff all apart vs just sliding it around because if you have the Velcro marry system it stays in place anyways especially with keepers . Molle for the vests are a great thing but the belt not so much. Too bad it’s only been the last few years that services where I live allow molle vests and to attach gear. It’s great for weight displacement to save your back and body from strain from wearing too much in one place via a bunch of shit around your waist.
Have you considered showing him the new RDS holster from Safariland? It's a new duty holster that protects the RMR while it's in the holster so it's ready to go and doesn't get dirty while doing day to day.
I completely understand your reasoning for putting your comm's on the belt & I did the same until I recently went for a swim in full kit (I was able to get my vest off quickly) our brand new 2k dollar department issued radio was soaked but luckily Motorola is kick-ass & after dry off, packing in rice,& a fresh battery is still working for me as of today at work .. to each his own & whatever works for you works for you but I've since moved around some kit & comm's now reside in my plate carrier ... I love those kydex mag pouches & was looking at their site earlier today & I'm sure I'll head a couple .. I run the HSGI triple mag Taco with 2 mag's in the front 2 Taco's & my Gerber multi tool in the 3rd Taco .. I have a single HSGI Taco with another G17 spare shtf mag on the vest.. you gent's carry no OC ? I don't enjoy using my OC spray but I trust it over the Taser anyday .. I ordered the Safelife molle belt a few days ago & can't wait to set it up
Hey check out this molle duty belt. Proceeds to put on a bunch of non molle items on the belt and the one molle item that is put on the belt, almost no cop puts on their duty belt.
MOLLE has got to be the best invention since the wheel. Allows for full on customization and it holds strong when installed correctly. I refuse to go back to a traditional duty belt and standard uniform shirt carrier.
Wow I have a clip with my Morphing Karambit like the single mags attached to the duty belt. I didn't know I could slide the button to make it not detach itself accidentally.
not sure how old you are but there is a officer shortage for a lot of places. If your too young, join a youth academy so you can see if you really want to become an officer. Its not all what people believe
I use the G-Code RTI MOLLE adapter for my vest mounted Taser. I find the mount takes up far less space and allows you to remove the Taser holster if needed. The Blackhawk mount takes up far too much room and is not nearly as versatile.
I recently moved up from unarmed to armed security, and my company requires me to carry a taser in addition to my weapon, my question is, should my mag pouches go infront of the taser or behind? I'm right ha ded so my weapon is on my right, the taser on my left for crossdraw
The unicorn mug! LOL Interesting choice of mag pouches and the height he carries his gun at, is he a competitive shooter? What does a LEO use a dump pouch for?
The dump pouch is mostly for training. Guys like to be able to stash mags in one. I had one on swat, it was pretty useful on scenes to be able to stash shit on yourself you needed at the last minute. Sandwiches, water bottle, hand warmers, gum, ect. We didn't always have a cargo pocket to put stuff in. I've never needed one on patrol though.
I ended up ordering the SafeLife Uniform Shirt molle carrier. It was a decent product but the issues I ran into were my Point Blank ballistic panels did not fit in the Safelife carrier. The chest pockets were kind of small. Not enough storage for everything I carry in them: cards, earpiece, mic clip, pens, etc. And major thing was there wasn't any sort of pocket on the inside of the carrier for a 5x8 trauma or rifle plate. Any thoughts on that? Asking as a reviewer, not a rep>
Hey man I know it’s a year later. You probably already found this out but point blank cuts their armor different than everyone else. It almost makes it proprietary to their carriers. I also bought a safe life carrier. Lots of molle rows, but not having pockets killed it for me. My point blank also has chest pockets and those are shallow too
Aspiring police officer here. I do tactical rifle training now and I have a couple of plate carriers set up. Is it at all possible to use those plate carriers as my duty equipment? Same goes for duty belt.
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I have an outer carrier and live in the south where it rains quite a bit leaving my vest soaked. Have you ever tried to waterproof one before? I was thinking about trying Scothgard.
