Jane's Police and Homeland Security Equipment

Jane's Police and Homeland Security Equipment is a comprehensive information source featuring several thousand products that make policing and homeland security safer and more effective.

Detailed entries include:

• Biometric solutions, firearms, body armor and personal protection 
• Riot and crowd control equipment, communications, security equipment and much more 
• Photographs 
• Manufacturers' details

Jane's Police and Homeland Security Equipment helps you:

• Compare and contrast different products with impartial explanations and images for ease of recognition 
• Support your procurement decisions 
• Ensure your operatives are equipped with the best products

The contents of Jane's Police and Homeland Security Equipment include:

• Biometric solutions 
• Operational equipment, including vehicles and motorcycles, surveillance and search equipment, rapid entry devices and EOD equipment 
• Personal protection equipment 
• Riot and crowd control equipment 
• Firearms and weapons 
• Communications and security equipment 
• Computerized systems and data management 
• Access control, perimeter protection and structural armor 
• Contractor lists

Jane's Police and Homeland Security Equipment is available in three formats:

• Online 
• Yearbook 
• Offline data feed

The online format provides you with many benefits not available with the yearbook, including:

• Continuous online updates 
• Advanced search capabilities 
• A minimum five-year archive 
• Access to authoritative analysis 
• Thousands of additional images

Mike McBride
Mike McBride has a track record of service in the British Police, the Territorial Army and the UK Ministry of Defence.

A full-time police officer since 1984, Mike McBride has worked in the uniformed and detective branches of the police service. On promotion to sergeant and then inspector he has benefited from operating in several areas of the UK. As part of a national working party on a thematic audit, he also contributed to a Home Office report on police officer safety.

In 1996, Mike McBride published his first book on policing, Street Survival Skills. He has also authored Crime Patrol and the UK Police Guide.

He has acted as a consultant for IHS and written a special report on the European Police Firearms Markets. Additionally, Mike McBride has written articles for academic journals and magazines regarding law enforcement and terrorism-related issues and, in co-operation with a UK company, he has contributed to improving security at high-risk facilities, such as prisons and airports.

Since 2000, Mike McBride has been editor of Jane's Police and Homeland Security Equipment - traveling extensively to find the latest and best equipment which makes policing safer and more effective. He also organizes the program for the successful annual Less-Lethal Weapons conferences run by IHS.