Title: What companies provide the equipment like smoke bombs tear gas and other riot gear to state and local police?
1What companies provide the equipment like smoke
bombs tear gas and other riot gear to state and
local police?
2What companies provide the equipment like smoke
bombs tear gas and other riot gear to state and
local police?
- United States police departments do not buy gas
masks, smoke bombs, teargas and other riot gear
from the government-run site that is sold to
military and police forces abroad. Those products
are largely sold by a number of private
companies. - The global market for riot control devices will
reach US2 billion in 2022, according to a new
report from North America-based research firm IHS
Markit. The size of the market would expand
faster than anticipated if the list includes the
teargas and pepper sprays used by US law
enforcement agencies in clashes with protesters
in cities such as Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014
that led to the death of Michael Brown Jr. - Smoke bombs, tear gas, and anything else you can
think of to disrupt a peaceful protest all
given to law enforcement by private companies who
make a hefty profit from these requests. - Do you want to know the company that provide the
equipment like smoke bombs, tear gas and other
riot gear to state and local police?
3What company makes tear gas for police?
- Police Equipment.Police equipment can range from
batons, handcuffs, guns, pepper spray to the
aforementioned gas masks and riot gear. Supplies
of these goods can often come from an array of
companies only some of which are not typically
made by one firm. Within this branch of industry
there are many suppliers who specialize in
creating anything from batons for baton-wielding
officers to heavy duty steel Professional
Tactical Riot Helmet for those policing during
riots.Tear Gas. - Are you curious what company provides the
equipment like smoke bombs, tear gas and other
riot gear to state and local police? You would be
surprised that TASER International actually
provides this gear. - TASER offers a range of protective devices
including less-lethal weapons such as the TASER
X26e, an electroshock weapon that causes
incapacitation through intense pain. They also
sell devices for capturing criminals such as stun
guns, surveillance cameras, radar guns and
vehicle immobilizers.
4What weapons do police use in riots?
- The companys headquarters is located in
Scottsdale Arizona, however they also have
offices in 10 different countries throughout the
world. - This is just one of their many products that is
offered to law enforcement agencies worldwide. - I do not own this and the text and videos that I
present is what I was able to find with 10 mins
of research. - If you want to buy riot gear, there are two types
of sources those which sell equipment to private
individuals and those which sell equipment to
armies and police forces. - The firms providing goods to the military and
military contractors such as DynCorp or General
Dynamics also provide riot gear. Among them are 4
sellers who include TigerSwan, VADCO, Unisys,
Woodbridge Group International.
5Who militarized the police?
- What Critics Say About Use Of Riot Gear?
- Critics of the use of riot gear say it gives law
enforcement more power than they need resulting
in borderline militarization. Anummarie
Mbengue-Lear thinks that giving police more
weapons may actually result in more harm because
of the incentives that increase along with more
power. - Police departments around the country are
equipped with military-style equipment to
suppress protesters on racial, economic, and
religious lines. There is a vast market of such
businesses that provide this gear which has been
on the rise since 1990s. - The Department of Defense (DoD) have partially
funded most of these projects through a program
called 1033 which was created during the Reagan
administration. Military 1033 surplus then is
transferred to state and local law enforcement
agencies through a plethora of government
programs.