Corrections Apparel News & Articles

• Why Buy Leather?

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  Water Resistant - Our tests show that Taylor''s Leatherwear jackets will repel water for up to 2 hours before becoming saturated. Fire Resistant - Leather will resist burning, which provides critic...

• Corporate Profile: Damascus Gloves

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  Damascus Gloves has been making premium quality hand gear for the men and women of the US Armed Services and other facets of law enforcement since 1955. Very early on in our history, we started out...

• Company History: Bates Uniform Footwear

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  Now one of the largest uniform footwear companies in the world, Bates is also one of the oldest. From its beginnings as a small dress footwear company in 1885 to a global company that manufactures ...

• Gloves: What you should know before you buy your next pair

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  What is required for law enforcement is a glove that can be worn all of the time while on duty

• Optimum Search & Frisk Techniques For Law Enforcement Personnel

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  by: A. David Berman Law Enforcement and Corrections officers have become acutely aware of the threats of communicable disease. The HIV awareness efforts of recent years have made crime fighters tak...

• Product Review: Hatch SOG-L100 Operator Tactical Gloves

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  By Randy Watt, Asst. Chief, Ogden City Police Dept. Major, U.S. Army Special Forces As I travel around various countries, conducting military and police special operations training, I am often aske...

• Blood poisoning: An officer's worst nightmare

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  Exactly how vulnerable are you as officers to contracting disease from a needle stick, a blood splash, or convict spit?

• Guards Face HIV Threat from Inmate

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  By LOU MICHEL, News Staff Reporter A Wende Correctional Facility inmate who claims to have the HIV virus and hepatitis bragged to other inmates Friday night that he had infected three corrections o...

• Glossary of Terms - Gloves

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  Absorbency: The ability of a fabric to take in moisture. Absorbency is a very important property, which affects many other characteristics such as skin comfort, static build-up, shrinkage, stain re...

• Hatch Gloves in Afghanistan

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  This Marine, and over 1,000 others in Afghanistan, are wearing the new Operator Glove from Hatch. Image from Time Magazine (January 14th, 2002) Check out the Operator  

• A Comparative Evaluation of Protective Gloves (NIJ)

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  A Comparative Evaluation of Protective Gloves for Law Enforcement and Corrections ApplicationsAuthor: National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology CenterPublished: October 2001- To download ...

• Test Protocol for Comparative Evaluation of Protective Gloves (NIJ)

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  For reference, below is the protocol used for the NIJ's evaluation for Law Enforcment and Correction Gloves. For the results of the evaluation, Click Here. To download the PDF Version, Click Here. ...

• What to Consider When Purchasing Outerwear

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  Outerwear – What to Look for When Purchasing Any outerwear evaluation is divided across three dimensions: material, construction and fit. All three of these are major drivers of the Jackets perform...

• Which Color Is Safest?

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  In 1990, a large-scale survey was conducted by the Minnesota Department of Transportation at the Minnesota State Fair. Four mannequins were displayed, each with a different fluorescent-colored jump...

• Learn the Facts to Prevent Infection and Injury

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  Police and correctional officers face the dangers everyday: needles, knives and other sharp objects hidden in pockets, car seats and jail cells just waiting to inflict serious injury or infection. ...