Police Product Buying Guide

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The Police1 Buying Guide column features how-to-buy guides for top police products and purchasing advice articles from our columnists as well as industry analysts, educators, and other noted specialists in their fields. Send product suggestions and feedback to editor@police1.com.

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How to buy tactical knives
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When looking to purchase either a multi-tool or a folding knife, here are some important aspects to keep in mind for law enforcement tactical combat knives
How to buy less lethal
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Less lethal weapons like bean bag shotguns have changed the way law enforcers respond to potential threats
How to buy police K-9 equipment
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Use this guide to prepare for a purchase of police K-9 equipment
How to buy secure communications equipment
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When purchasing police secure communications equipment make sure to consider ease of use, durability and long-term upgrades
How to buy specialty vehicles
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When purchasing a LE specialty vehicle, buyers need to recognize that they’re entering a long-term relationship with the manufacturer and the local dealer
How to buy software
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By Tim Dees Police1 Contributor If the processor, memory, hard drive and graphics card are the engine of a computer, software is the steering wheel, accelerator, brakes and navigation system. The b...
How to buy video analysis systems
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By Tim Dees The good news is that there are more surveillance cameras than ever before. The bad news is that most of the video from them is crappy. With a good video analysis/forensic system and a ...
How to buy records management systems (RMS)
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By Tim Dees Every law enforcement agency has a records management system (RMS), even it amounts to a cardboard box full of old reports in no particular order. Fortunately, there are better and more...
How to buy metal detectors
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By Tim Dees Metal detectors are commonplace items in our society, as institutions have a greater fear of the threat of terrorism and workplace violence. They range from the large walk-through metal...
How to buy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) equipment
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By Tim Dees The explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) function is obviously a critical one, but it doesn't always make sense to create an EOD team and buy the necessary equipment if there's a resource ...
How to buy video analysis systems
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By Tim Dees The good news is that there are more surveillance cameras than ever before. The bad news is that most of the video from them is crappy. With a good video analysis/forensic system and a ...
How to buy police biometrics products
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By Thomas Bush III, Strategic Advisor for BIO-key International Introduction Wikipedia defines biometrics as “methods for uniquely recognizing humans based upon one or more intrinsic physical or be...
How to buy police electronic citations systems
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By Tim Dees Law enforcement agencies are increasingly moving away from paper traffic tickets (also called citations or summons) toward nearly paperless e-Citation methods. In most cases, the only p...
How to buy police license plate readers
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By Tim Dees While privacy advocates condemn Automatic License Plate Recognition Readers (ALPR) systems as an intrusion into their right to move about freely and unmonitored, the cops using them are...
How to buy satellite communications products
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By Tim Dees When radio, landline and cellular communications are unreliable, satellite conduits may be your only option. Every user's situation is a little different, so it's difficult to talk abou...
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