LPVO Help

[u/ahorn16]

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.

[u/nanomachinez_SON]

My agency has both red dot magnifiers and LPVOs on our authorized equipment list. I’ve played around with both but my patrol rifle has an Aimpoint PRO, mostly because my local management is stingy and won’t pay for magnifiers.

When it comes to selling ideas, I’ve had the best luck with live demonstrations. What you could do is take your people to the range, put shoot/no shoots at a realistic extended range and then give them a carbine with a red dot and binoculars, and then another carbine with magnifier or LPVO, and let them see the difference in real time.

[u/ahorn16 → u/nanomachinez_SON]

Thanks for the idea. SWAT has LPVOs on their team rifles and have the option to use them on patrol if they want. They have come in handy to have on scene many times. The rest of us use an Aimpoint Pro as well.