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BCS Plate Carrier in ABU
Beez Combat Systems has a new specialized plate carrier available in the AF ABU pattern. It was designed for Security Forces personnel described as being “assigned to securing launch sites and flying SUAS (small unmanned aerial system) to provide force protection, route clearance, and battle damage assessment…” That’s fairly...
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Korean War Sheepdog Still Has a Bite
More than a few reminders in this article. Keep your equipment, skills and mindset maintained (and accessible), no matter what your age…and most importantly: don’t mess with a seasoned combat vet’s family. (And, oh yeah…don’t bring a screwdriver to a gun fight). Well done Mr. Ricciutti. Your service to your country is most...
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Another MagPod prototype spotted
Another MagPod prototype sighting, courtesy of Matt Jacques from American Snipers.org (and BOLO Report staffer). MagPod is on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/MagPod and has received pretty much great reviews since it was first announced (minus the haters of course). We’ll give you a thorough after action report on the newest incarnation, but...
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Rest In Peace Trooper Clemens, MSP
The Massachussets trooper depicted sitting at a diner with a young boy in Norman Rockwell’s iconic painting, “The Runaway,” died on Sunday at 83. Richard Clemens was a 29-year-old trooper when Rockwell asked him to pose for the painting, reports the Boston Globe. Rockwell showed him leaning down toward the boy with a red knapsack
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Get well soon Officer Lohrfink
We recently learned a friend of The BOLO Report, Officer John Lohrfink from Grants Pass (OR) was injured while rescuing a man from an apartment fire last week. John sustained burns to his hands and face while rescuing one of the residents who was unconscious at the top of a staircase. We had the pleasure
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SESS/c: survival after a firefight south of the border
Though we take for granted the vast majority of LEOs in the US will never need any sort of ‘survival’ gear, it’s hard to argue the need for preparedness. If there is ever the slightest chance you could be in a rural situation unable to advise your exact location to call for help or extraction,
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Trigger Time
There’s a new television show we reckon will have you setting your DVR. It’s called Trigger Time, and it has a pretty impressive list of hosts (Jim Gilliland, Mark Craighead, Rob Pincus, Jason Long, Jason Redding, Brannon LeBouef….plus a number of guest hosts and pundits whose names you’ll recognize (Kyle Lamb, for one, if not
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Meanwhile near the Batcave…
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The STS TiTan
Specialized Tactical Systems has been around for a few years now, though they’re big exposure to mainstream folks has been within the last two. They’ve produced some weapons that have been described as works of art, like the desert digital-finished rifle that raised $16K this year for Wounded Warrior, Unit Scholarship Fund and the Navy
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King County Mantrackers
We previously ran a video on the capture of Peter Keller. Here’s some more information. “Disguised as a couple of lost hikers on Rattlesnake Mountain, two King County Sheriff’s deputies found footprints, an energy bar wrapper, and other clues that led them to a suspected double murderer…” Read the entire story about the...
