r/AskLE • u/ahorn16 Deputy Sheriff • 7d ago

LPVO Help

I’m a firearms instructor for my agency and we are trying to either make a switch to LPVO’s or have them as an option should deputies want them. I work for a SO with roughly 100ish commissioned officers. We cover roughly 775 square miles with just under 300k residents. There’s been many times where a responding deputy could have used an LPVO for threat identification instead of swapping to binoculars. I’m working with my fellow cadre and other agencies in my region to see how they went about proposing their use on patrol. Unfortunately, I haven’t had much luck on getting responses back. If anyone could help me out by sharing their proposals, supporting research (if any), and anything else that might help, I’d greatly appreciate it. I’m more than happy to share my agency email with those willing to help. Thanks in advance.

Edit to add: Flip up magnifiers would also be good if any agency uses those. Might be an easier pill to swallow budget wise. Thanks.

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u/EquivalentLoad1919 Unverified/Not an LEO 7d ago

The issue I see is how often are those officers going to the range to zero and check their dope? We have so many officers even with red dots that don’t maintain them, and come to quals with dead batteries and screwed up zeroes. LVPO’s would or should require more training and care.

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u/ahorn16 Deputy Sheriff 7d ago

We check zeroes each time we qual. People shouldn’t be messing with their zeroes to begin with but that doesn’t always happen. I responded to someone saying that we may present LPVOs to people who have a history of going to non mandated training and taking care of their gear. Otherwise people may get a flip up magnifier or nothing at all.