{"id":3758,"date":"2012-12-23T12:21:30","date_gmt":"2012-12-23T17:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=3758"},"modified":"2012-12-27T16:14:03","modified_gmt":"2012-12-27T21:14:03","slug":"transparent-ballistic-shields-by-apt-international","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=3758","title":{"rendered":"Transparent Ballistic Shields by AP&T International"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>At SWAT Round-Up\u2019s vendor area<\/a>, I spied a product with which I am very familiar\u2014transparent shields!\u00a0 I stopped at the booth and met with David Malouff, AP&T International\u2019s Vice President for Sales and Marketing.\u00a0 We have been using AP&T\u2019s 11\u201d X 16\u201d Level IIIa handheld transparent shields on operations for over 12 years.\u00a0 I told Malouff we were very happy with their attributes and performance.<\/p>\n

AP&T International<\/a> is a corporation that specializes in ballistic protection through the use of their proprietary transparent material that is H.P. White Laboratory tested for ballistic integrity and compliance to current NIJ Level IIa through IV standards.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The advantages to a transparent shield are obvious.\u00a0 Increasing the shield operator\u2019s visual range makes for more efficient movement and threat assessment.\u00a0 A shield is useless if the operator takes a header over unseen obstacles in a house or yard.\u00a0 Negotiating stairwells can be problematic when you can\u2019t see what is in front of the lower half of your body.<\/p>\n

A clear shield also allows for all the officers behind the shield bearer to see what is going on in front of them.\u00a0 That amounts to more eyes on target and less of a \u201cblind snake\u201d approach to the problem.<\/p>\n

We use our small handheld 11\u201d X 16\u201d AP&T shields for some very specific work in vehicle takedowns.\u00a0 Our pair of shields has been used on more than a hundred deployments.\u00a0 No other type of shield affords us the protection, visibility, and domination required for this method.\u00a0 AP&T also makes a transparent ballistic clipboard for traffic stops.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Mr. Malouff showed off some new larger shields at SWAT Round-Up.\u00a0 I tried out a 21″ X 36″ Level IIIa shield that had a harnessing system with a quick-release pin.\u00a0 The harness made maneuvering the transparent shield nearly effortless and spread its weight across the user\u2019s torso, reducing arm and shoulder fatigue.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>In addition to ballistic shields, AP&T manufactures ballistic furniture that includes security work or computer stations, podiums, security screens, free standing ballistic walls, tables, partitions, and magnetometer skirting.\u00a0 EOD Blast Shields, Window Retro-fitting Systems, and other custom works are also available.<\/p>\n

AP&T International has been producing transparent ballistic products for nearly fifteen years.\u00a0 Their motto of \u201cWhen Visibility Counts\u201d is very appropriate.<\/p>\n

Randall<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At SWAT Round-Up\u2019s vendor area, I spied a product with which I am very familiar\u2014transparent shields!\u00a0 I stopped at the booth and met with David Malouff, AP&T International\u2019s Vice President for Sales and Marketing.\u00a0 We have been using AP&T\u2019s 11\u201d X 16\u201d Level IIIa handheld transparent shields on operations for over 12 years.\u00a0 I told Malouff we were very happy with their attributes and performance. AP&T International is a corporation that specializes in ballistic protection through the use of their proprietary transparent material that is H.P. White Laboratory tested for ballistic integrity and compliance to current NIJ Level IIa through IV standards. The advantages to a transparent shield are obvious.\u00a0 … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[354,48],"tags":[310,439],"class_list":["post-3758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-protective-armor","category-swat","tag-police-technology","tag-swat-shield"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p28xkp-YC","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3758"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3818,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3758\/revisions\/3818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}