Hi! I've been a frequent veiwer on this forum for the past few years, I finally decided to participate and created a user profile. This is a super board and the moderators are very knowledgable (btw - nice knife, Doug, I recieved one for Christmas '04).

Anyways, my question is, if you were a uniformed LEO, already overequipped with mandatory 'stuff', what type of PSK would you carry? Needs to take up no more space than a pack of smokes, urban use, potential situation would be a loss of power, mega traffic jam, possible hostilities (picture Katrina or similar). Equipment already on the duty belt: Good folding knife, pistol, ammo, other LE gear (handcuffs, asp, OC etc), Stinger flashlight (good for an hour with a full charge).

To expand that concept a bit more, we alwas carry a small backpack in the car with a protective mask, ammo, flex cuffs, 1 liter of water, lunch and other normal things that could be grabbed in an emergency. There is about 1 cubic ft of space available in the bag for more goodies, any suggestions? WMD gear is a seperate item and agency provided-also in the car (yes, I hope we're near the cars when things happen). I'll share the current contents that we put together as time permits. Thanks!