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Do police carry trauma shears routinely or is it just in the case of EMS?

Some do. But, that is like asking if all EMS are fat... stereotypes just don't work,a s things really do vary a great deal. Some guys have some first responder medical training. Some jurisdictions require ATLS for their officers. It varies.

...and you may want to do an intro if you plan on hanging out here. Random questions without an intro is like walking up to a stranger in a mall and asking them with not-so-much as a hello... plain rude.

I have a full first responder kit in my trunk. I have trauma shears and the little doo hickeys to open air ways. But for some reason, my academy class was the only on NOT to get first responder training, the class before and after me got it. I got Advanced 1st Aid, CPR and AED training.

Go Figure

But, that is like asking if all EMS are fat...stereotypes just don't work

Around here that's a fact not a stereotype.

I carried them in my truck.

An EMS guy left them behind at a Crime Scene once and I collected and poured alcohol over them and put them to various uses over the rest of my career... never quite for the reason they were intended.

I still have them.

A lot of cops, myself included, carry a pocket knife, which is more versatile than scissors.

A lot of cops, myself included, carry a pocket knife, which is more versatile than scissors.

Of course, some of us were planning ahead when we got our multi tools.
This usually happened the first time your hand slipped down on the blade of your Buck folding knife. :biggrin5:

For you young people, there will be a class on what a Buck knife was and why dinosaurs used to carry them at 1700 hours.

Of course, some of us were planning ahead when we got our multi tools.
This usually happened the first time your hand slipped down on the blade of your Buck folding knife. :biggrin5:

For you young people, there will be a class on what a Buck knife was and why dinosaurs used to carry them at 1700 hours.

To be followed with a lesson on Case knives. :wink5:

I stopped carrying a really good knife at work when my Stupidvisor took my Schrade and broke the tip off of it trying to pry a bullet out of a door frame. After that it was all throwaway, $2.98 bulk specials from the gun shows.

I carry decent knives now, though.

Can your buck knife cut through a penny!!!???

lol....I don't know of any of our officers that carry them, even those who are EMTs, but I did supply the bags in our vehicles with them, along with BVMs so we don't have to worry about mouth-to-mouth.

I stopped carrying a really good knife at work when my Stupidvisor took my Schrade and broke the tip off of it trying to pry a bullet out of a door frame. After that it was all throwaway, $2.98 bulk specials from the gun shows.


I watched a boss snap the blade of a perfectly good Gerber while trying to pry a round from the chamber of a Remington 870 (got hung up on a busted shell latch). He handed the $150 knife back to me, saying "You ought'a spend a few bucks and get a better one."

Turns out Remington 870s make pretty good clubs, too. :yesnod: