Tactical Eyewear News & Articles

• Oakley expands Prizm line with eyewear designed for water environments

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  Prizm technology features a formulated dye that "fine-tunes" colors in order to heighten the contrast between targets and surrounding objects

• Tips for transporting combative/non-compliant suspects

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   Q: What is the best way to extract an uncooperative/assaultive suspect from the backseat of a squad car?  A: There is no easy answer for how to get a non-compliant/resisting/assaultive prisoner ou...

• Protective mask training tips

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  Training with a protective mask  has become more and more important each day within the law enforcement/correctional fields. Often during training with a protective mask your training sessions can ...

• Buying & wearing sunglasses

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  There are always debates on the use of any equipment down to your underwear. One of the debates I find funny is the use of sunglasses during daytime patrol. Absolutely wear sunglasses during the su...

• Saving your eyes from contaminants

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  Video: Broadband  Dialup Download Windows Media Player In this week's video tip, Redman Training Division trainer Dave Young explains the importance of strobing. If your eyes get contaminated, whet...

• Consider where you carry your duty bag

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  I know that we all like to have our duty bags with all of our forms and goodies in them. Many officers, myself included, carry this bag on the front passenger seat of our patrol cars, but from a ta...

• Basics of blocking

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  Video: Broadband  Dialup Download Windows Media PlayerBecause police officers usually respond to threats rather than initiate them, good blocking skills are a must. In this week's tip from the Poli...

• Pause, observe and listen at domestic disturbances

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  A tactic that I find useful for domestic disturbances is after parking away from the location and making a tactical approach, pause near a window and, if possible, take a look inside to see what yo...

• Battle-Proven Eyewear

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  Revision’s Sawfly ballistic eyewear provides safety & style By Dave Spaulding Click here to subscribe to Law Officer Magazine Everyone who works the street wears sunglasses—the job requires it. If ...

• Product Review: Revision Eyewear

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  Most often when we go to war/battle or as a SWAT Officer to the JOB, we consider which protective gear we need - and we often start with the really heavy stuff and go lighter as we dress/decide wha...

• Testimonials for Eye Safety Systems Tactical Goggles

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  "We are particularly impressed with your ESS Turbo C.A.M. Its durability, reliability, function and performance have proven to be a top choice for our trainees who work on S.W.A.T. teams. For those...

• Test Results for HellStorm(tm) Special Operations Tactical Goggles

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  BlackHawk Industries Actual Operator Test Results for the HellStorm(tm) Special Operations Tactical Goggles: Explosive breach #1 - Hollow core door, external breach with overhead cover. Charge - 84...

• Protective Eyewear Best Practices

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  According to PREVENT BLINDNESS AMERICA, eye injuries of all types occur at the rate of more than 1,000 per day. Every year approximately 100,000 of these eye injuries will result in vision loss. Mo...