Woolrich Lightweight Tactical Pants Giveaway

It’s not every day you see someone giving away spiffy pairs of tactical trousers. Well, Armslist isn’t exactly just handing out the pants. Much like anything nowadays, there’s always a catch. The good news is this contest is pretty transparent.

If you have an extensive network of friends and followers who click on every link you [...]

Posted on March 8, 2010 at 12:16 pm by Jeanette K. · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Tactical Talk: Trigger Pull Tactical

If you’re looking for straight-up tactical talk, look no further than Trigger Pull Tactical. The blog is operated anonymously by TP (Trigger Pull), a veteran law enforcement officer who also served in the military and now works with a full-time tactical team. His description is vague and for good reason, his agency has strict rules [...]

Posted on March 5, 2010 at 12:09 pm by Jeanette K. · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Behind the Seams: Criminal Hotspots, EMS/Fire Blogger Meet-up and More

Find out what those experimental criminologists have been up to in the video above. (The Crime Map)
Going to be in Baltimore on March 5? We hear the BIGGEST EMS/Fire blogger meet-up of all time is taking place. (Happy Medic)
SouthLAnd premiers on TNT to rave reviews … at least from one LEO. And possibly [...]

Posted on March 2, 2010 at 2:35 pm by Jeanette K. · Permalink · One Comment
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Tactical Grilling: Steak or Steakout?

A rogue neighbor trying to get all up in your grill? Or what if PETA tries to toss red paint all over your cookout? Be prepared to roast any unwanted backyard guest this spring with a Tactical Grilling Kit.
While there are no guns or ammo involved (you’re already supposed to have that!), the kit ($75) [...]

Posted on February 25, 2010 at 11:53 am by Jeanette K. · Permalink · 2 Comments
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Tactical Apparel Company Launches Social Media Site

Lion Apparel, a clothing manufacturer for fire and rescue, law enforcement and military, has launched a social media site that combines blogging with aggregate content from  Twitter, YouTube and Flickr.
The new site called Lion Connects focuses on providing tips to firefighters and rescue personnel from how to care for a firefighter turnout to how to [...]

Posted on February 23, 2010 at 3:34 pm by Jeanette K. · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Behind the Seams: Explosive Entries, Sinkholes and More

Even though this explosive entry video (above) is a few years old, that doesn’t mean we can’t learn a thing or two from it. (Trigger Pull Tactical)
An ambulance goes nose first into a sinkhole. (EMS Daily News)
Chronicles of EMS is Europe bound. (Medic 999)
New iPhone app gives medical information when the patient can’t. [...]

Posted on February 22, 2010 at 1:04 pm by Jeanette K. · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Tactical Talk: Andy Ihnatko and His Tactical Internet Pants

When Andy Ihnatko held a contest on his blog in 2008 searching for the perfect pants to purchase online, he had no idea he’d create such a following for “Tactical Internet Pants.”
Two years later, people are still asking the Chicago Sun-Times technology columnist, CBS personality and Macworld contributor about what fits in his 5.11’s (his [...]

Posted on February 19, 2010 at 10:20 am by Jeanette K. · Permalink · 3 Comments
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Tactical Talk: A Police Wife’s Mrs. Fuzz

With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, we decided to investigate what life is like as the spouse of a police officer. And there’s no better person to ask than Mrs. Fuzz.
Her husband Hot Fuzz (both names are aliases, of course!) graduated from the police academy in May 2009. She shares the joys and hardships [...]

Posted on February 12, 2010 at 1:54 pm by Jeanette K. · Permalink · 6 Comments
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Behold! What Tactical Pants Pockets Can Hold

The so-what’s-in-your-pocket meme has hit the Tactical Pants Blog. You know what that means? Now ALL the cool kids are doing it. Even us.
If you’re not in on this meme, here’s the scoop: During the past two weeks various gun and public safety bloggers have posted a picture of what’s in their pocket *right now* [...]

Posted on February 11, 2010 at 2:00 pm by Jeanette K. · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Tactical Pants: Now in Engrish!!

As we were innocently browsing the web today, a way-awesome review of 5.11 Tactical Pants caught our eye. What was so attention-grabbing about this particular review? Well, it seems to be translated from another language or written by a person whose first language is definitely not English.

While being a full supporter of learning new languages, [...]

Posted on February 2, 2010 at 4:00 pm by Jeanette K. · Permalink · Leave a comment
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