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Coppers using Gerbers?

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Re: Coppers using Gerbers?
Reply #30 on: September 10, 2007, 12:58:12 PM
Good point...

I don't know of any agencies on this side of the pond that offer tongs to their officers.  Over here they tend to use rubber gloves more often than anything else, and there's quite an industry for puncture proof latex manufacturers.  I use a brand called Nighthawks that are virtually impenetrable and chemical resistant, but aren't cheap.  Tongs would make so much more sense!

Reminds me of the NASA pen story about how the Americans spent untold millions of dollars developing a pen for space travel while the Russians simply used a pencil!

You wouldn't happen to have a picture or any information on those tongs, would you?

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They referred to as AMPEL Probes I think thats the company name I don't have any pictures but basically they look like surgical forceps they are polycarbonate and about 12 inches long
Like these one's ???

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Re: Coppers using Gerbers?
Reply #31 on: September 10, 2007, 01:00:54 PM


They look like giant clothes pegs!   ;D

Is there a special method of carry?  They look rather big and clumsy?

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Re: Coppers using Gerbers?
Reply #32 on: September 10, 2007, 03:23:40 PM
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They look like giant clothes pegs!   ;D

Is there a special method of carry?  They look rather big and clumsy?

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I think I've seen them on your utillity belts, but not on the vests ???
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Re: Coppers using Gerbers?
Reply #33 on: September 10, 2007, 03:25:58 PM
That is exactly what I am issued with they are generally kept within the vehicle but they are not to bulky that they can't be kept in the inside pocket of the issue fleece .With a bit of practise they can be used to search the tightest of pockets etc it is worth the effort and prevents a lot of needle sticks if your client base are prone to using iv drugs .
The big plus for the bean counters is that they are re-usable and a damn site cheaper than issueing countless pairs of needle resistant gloves and if a cop /security guard gets a needle stick they can stand back and say WHY DIDN'T YOU USE THE SAFETY EQUIPMENT WE ISSUED


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Re: Coppers using Gerbers?
Reply #34 on: September 10, 2007, 03:30:05 PM
That is exactly what I am issued with they are generally kept within the vehicle but they are not to bulky that they can't be kept in the inside pocket of the issue fleece .With a bit of practise they can be used to search the tightest of pockets etc it is worth the effort and prevents a lot of needle sticks if your client base are prone to using iv drugs .
The big plus for the bean counters is that they are re-usable and a damn site cheaper than issueing countless pairs of needle resistant gloves and if a cop /security guard gets a needle stick they can stand back and say WHY DIDN'T YOU USE THE SAFETY EQUIPMENT WE ISSUED
Ah haloed are the bean counters and the health and safety executive ;D
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Re: Coppers using Gerbers?
Reply #35 on: September 10, 2007, 03:49:15 PM
Sharps are a big problem over here as well, but I haven't ever seen tongs like that here.  Like I said, most officers are using puncture resistant gloves.  Hatch does a booming business with their gloves although I always found them a bit pricey.

I'll have to see if I can find a local supplier and try to get a hold of a set of those to fiddle with.

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Re: Coppers using Gerbers?
Reply #36 on: September 11, 2007, 01:35:49 AM
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Hmmm. How long before they make a version with a knife and screwdrivers that fold out of the handles?  ;)
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Re: Coppers using Gerbers?
Reply #37 on: September 11, 2007, 02:17:57 AM
I bet if you put one of those up the suspect's kilt you'd get all the info you needed in a hurry!  :o

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Re: Coppers using Gerbers?
Reply #38 on: September 11, 2007, 09:49:05 AM
I bet if you put one of those up the suspect's kilt you'd get all the info you needed in a hurry!  :o

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Re: Coppers using Gerbers?
Reply #39 on: September 11, 2007, 03:45:56 PM
Unfortunately those big softies in European Court Of Human Rights reckon that sort of stuff is classed as torture I can't even have a shot of  :pok:and no :twak:either
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Re: Coppers using Gerbers?
Reply #40 on: September 11, 2007, 04:05:56 PM
Unfortunately those big softies in European Court Of Human Rights reckon that sort of stuff is classed as torture I can't even have a shot of  :pok:and no :twak:either
They certainly have taken all the fun out of my job
Well you'll just have to make sure there's no witnesses ;)

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Reply #41 on: September 11, 2007, 09:44:25 PM
You have a deal ;)


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Re: Coppers using Gerbers?
Reply #42 on: September 11, 2007, 10:37:40 PM
You have a deal ;)
No problem matey ;D
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Re: Coppers using Gerbers?
Reply #43 on: September 11, 2007, 11:33:38 PM
What they need to come up with (and it's the same here) is a SUB-Human Rights Committee... and a Lefts Committee and an Uppercuts Committee, and have everyone on the committees either be blind or former victims of violent, sexual, gang or drug related offenses.

Then we'd clean up the streets pretty darned quick!

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Re: Coppers using Gerbers?
Reply #44 on: September 12, 2007, 09:31:21 AM
What they need to come up with (and it's the same here) is a SUB-Human Rights Committee... and a Lefts Committee and an Uppercuts Committee, and have everyone on the committees either be blind or former victims of violent, sexual, gang or drug related offenses.

Then we'd clean up the streets pretty darned quick!

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Re: Coppers using Gerbers?
Reply #45 on: September 12, 2007, 10:34:14 AM
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Re: Coppers using Gerbers?
Reply #46 on: September 12, 2007, 01:29:25 PM
How did you know that was what we are working towards in SOSAK? :D

I know these days it's fashionable to make fun of the French, but if you ask me, their penal system is so much better than most others.  Over there, it's a deterrent, while over here it's like an extended criminal trade show...

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