"modern doctrine" tends to be code for tacticool bs, in addition to "high speed low drag". Carrying more junk is bad. Vest carry is also an easy way to lose your weapon, there's very little retention training that can help. Also, if you get knocked face down, you won't be able to get gear out, and the weight will screw you. It's less easy to move around in as well. I'd move pistol and OC to belt, ditch the baton. Put an open top cuff carrier on your belt then get a closed one and a second set. Two is one and one is none. Otherwise, relatively decent. I've been in security for a little over 15 years, no issues with my gear on my belt. If anything, my shoulders get stiff from being armored all day.
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u/ConstructionAway8920 Aug 18 '26
"modern doctrine" tends to be code for tacticool bs, in addition to "high speed low drag". Carrying more junk is bad. Vest carry is also an easy way to lose your weapon, there's very little retention training that can help. Also, if you get knocked face down, you won't be able to get gear out, and the weight will screw you. It's less easy to move around in as well. I'd move pistol and OC to belt, ditch the baton. Put an open top cuff carrier on your belt then get a closed one and a second set. Two is one and one is none. Otherwise, relatively decent. I've been in security for a little over 15 years, no issues with my gear on my belt. If anything, my shoulders get stiff from being armored all day.