Police Headsets & Earpieces News & Articles

• How technology amplifies sound while protecting hearing

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  Technology allows police officers to prioritize hearing protection while enhancing situational awareness

• Why you want a tactical headset that works with your cellphone

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  The smartphone is becoming a more common communications device in the tactical environment, a combination of tactical and practical for SWAT operators

• Review: How does the Silynx Clarus headset perform in the field?

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  The in-ear headset provides comfortable situational awareness and hearing protection

• Beyond the vest: Protect officers’ hearing and sight

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  A great deal of emphasis is placed on armor for police officers’ bodies and helmets for head protection, but hearing and eye protection are sometimes ignored

• Protect your hearing: Silynx CEO Matt Hein shares why it matters

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  In addition to enabling clear communications and full situational awareness, it’s essential that your radio headset protect your hearing on the job

• Protect your hearing with the latest in-ear headset

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  The CLARUS line by Silynx offers top performance and guards against hearing loss at a price to fit any budget

• 8 features to help you choose the right in-ear headset

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  Look beyond comfort and price and consider a system’s hearing protection and situational awareness capabilities

• Pryme releases new headsets, mics for dispatchers

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  Pryme radio products have released a new line of headphones, accessories and mics for law enforcement

• Video: 'RoboCop' headset lets police look through walls

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  The video illustrates the different features the headset will offer

• 'Robocop' technology lets user control surroundings

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  Motorola Solutions recently gave the system an award

• Group aims to scrap FCC's emergency communications network plan

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  Wants wireless network to be run by public safety organizations, without a commerical partner

• Sensear muffs provide secure, clear communication

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  Devices cancel sound without sacrificing situational awareness

• How to buy tactical headsets

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  A tactical headset is obviously an indispensable piece of equipment for any tactical or SWAT unit. The headset will consist of a throat microphone, boom arm microphone or an in-ear bone conduction ...

• How to buy radio headsets

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  By Tim Dees For many years, cops got the information from their portable radios through the built-in speaker or a shoulder mic. That worked, but clarity was impaired in high-noise environments, and...

• Hear it with your bones: Tactical headsets for clear communications

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  What could an orthopedic surgeon, a manufacturer of hearing equipment, an engineer from Ireland, and a former patrol officer possibly have in common? Three things. They developed technologies they ...

• How to buy headsets

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  With advances in technology, today’s tactical telecommunicators are faced with a variety of choices in headsets. Whether wireless or wired, the varieties range from traditional single to dual sided...

• Headsets record video from police perspective

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  By Darren Quickgizmag.comSCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A new product captures video and audio of incidents from the visual perspective of the responding officer.The Taser AXON is a tactical networkable compu...

• Inaugural security plans go high-tech

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  By Kevin Johnson USA TodayWASHINGTON — Record crowds expected for President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration are prompting unique law enforcement strategies, including an unprecedented deployment ...

• Public order management 101: Chemical munitions

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  An interesting and somewhat unique part of Northern Ireland's past troubles involved the arrival of the summer marching season. The vast majority of the world enjoys a parade, but in "The North" th...

• Retrospective: The 1981 take-over of the Atlanta FBI office

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  By C. Frank McClureDirector of Crisis Management Resources, ETGI It was during the time of the murdered and missing children's investigation during the summer of 1981 that an incident happened at t...

• Bluetooth devices and staying stealth

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  While assisting officers from another jurisdiction who were dispatched to a report of three armed males using narcotics, a fellow officer was standing in the rear of the residences near the rear do...

• Wear an ear mic

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  Wearing an ear mic not only ensures you get your radio traffic, it also eliminates the need to "secure your mic" while standing with a potential suspect. Criminals are just as knowledgeable -- some...

• Suspicious person contacts

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  This is probably nothing new to many of you, but I still see this mistake time and again: When preparing to make contact with a suspicious person, do not grab your mic for the first time while pull...

• Keep your eyes forward

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  When talking on portable radios, many officers look away from what is taking place in front of them to look at their microphone while transmitting. No matter where your mic is placed—shoulder, righ...

• New product reports from The Police Marksman Magazine

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  SA2 AssaultLight PentagonLight™ recently announced the launch of an advanced integrated weapon-mount light system. The SA2 Stealth AssaultLight eliminates the need of any corded remote switches for...

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