Last week I had the pleasure of traveling to Atlantic City, New Jersey (for the first time ever in my life) to attend, and work at, the Police & Security Expo. Arriving the day before the "show" floor opened I got to set up the Cygnus booth and take my time walking around the expo floor seeing what various vendors were going to be showing off. By the time the show floor opened the next morning I knew exactly what I wanted to see. Thankfully, it was what Cygnus (Officer.com) wanted me to see.

One of the busiest booths was BAE Systems. Now owning a number of well known companies in the law enforcement industry, BAE's "booth" was actually (I think) about the size of six (maybe eight?) regular sized booths. In that area was Safariland, Hatch, Savvy Body Armor, Hiatt (handcuffs), First Intercom, ProTech armor and more. Some of the highlights were:

• Safariland has a new platform for their holsters and accessories that is fully MOLLE compatible.
• Hatch (which is forty years old now) had a full line of gloves on display and they were showing off a new design specifically for the needs of K9 handlers.
• Savvy Body Armor is specifically made for female officers but the fact that every vest is custom fit to the officer makes it unique in the armor industry.
• Hiatt handcuffs are now available in different colors and they had a couple of see-through pair to show the inner workings. I learned stuff I never knew about handcuffs before.
• First Intercom was showing off their interoperability system which, if installed, automatically initiates at scenes involving multiple players from the public safety field.
• ProTech Armor was showing off the Titan Assault Vest, specifically designed for the patrol officer responding to an Active Shooter / Immediate Response situation. Well thought out.

Since I'm a motorcycle rider I enjoyed visiting in the BMW Motorcycle booth and the Johnny Pag Motorcycle booth. Both companies had some new bikes to show off and the motorcycles were unique in their own way. I was previously familiar with the BMW bikes but had not heard of Johnny Pag. What I saw was a 300cc bike that gets 65MPG. THAT is easier on the gas budget.