Click here to download the catalog as a PDF file. To view this site you need Adobe Flash Player and your browser must allow javaScripts. Go here to get the latest Flash Player. Here’s how Bob Hindi’s set up his duty belt. Pay close attention to the forward rake on his baton holster that’s how he’s able to be wicked-fast drawing it. No, I’m not getting chew ed out by my sergeant . I’m demon “double-dr strating a aw” of my baton and OC. -reADY? Press kept a steady stream of cops asking him, “where should my other equipment be placed if I move my baton to the crossdraw position and angle that you advocate?” Several years, and many tactical and scientific perspectives, later, Bob figured it out. Aside from obvious sa fety concerns, he wanted to avoid repetitive-stress and joint and spinal injuries. Welcome the Hindi Duty Belt S.A.F.E.T.Y. System. “You’ll never look at an officer’s duty belt the same way after you understand this system,” Bob told me. “It’s not just the placement of the equipment on the belt, it’s the angulation of the equipment on it, too.” Could anything as simple as how you carry stuff on your belt really be that important? Does the placement of equipment and controls in an airplane cockpit, or on the dash of a cruiser, or on a firearm make a difference? Well, duh, WWW.AMERICANCOPMAGAZINE.COM Ralph MRoz Grabbing m y TA my weak/of SER cavalr y-style with f hand is a breeze. And there’s abso lutely no co nfusing it w my gun, it’s ith on the oppo site side. heck yeah. Stay with me now. Think about why we carry all this stuff on our belts — to save our bacon. Sound important? The flip side of these analogies is true, too. Equipment placement in a cockpit, car or gun isn’t important until a crisis occurs; and gear placement on your belt won’t be important until you need the right tool, or combination of tools, right now,in the middle of a serious fight. As Bob says, “If you’re not willing to test, evaluate and challenge your own duty belt’s setup effectiveness, there’ll come a time when a suspect will.” Sage words there. Mr. DeMille, here’s my cl ose-up. I’m modeling m y reconfigu red duty be Note all tim lt. e-critical tool s are forwar of my skinny d , little hips. The radio m is threaded ic through my sh ir t buttons on purpose. It’s safer th an turning my head to talk to my sh oulder, and when the fig ht goes to th e ground it’ s still accessab le. Who Gives A Crap? The S.A.F.E.T.Y. system is centered on two fundamental principles. All life-critical equipment Continued on page 64 Does this m ake my butt Okay, in al look big? l seriousnes s, ke ment of f yo ur spine area ep equip, except for soft stuf f lik e this glove pouch. 41