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Safe placement of microphone

Clip your remote microphone to the front of your uniform rather than to your shoulder. You will hear it with both ears, and if you're engaged with a suspect, you don't have to look away from him or her to talk into it....

Keeping your lines clean

I wear an earpiece for daily use and during building searches and other tactical situations. One problem with these types of products is that they often get condensation in the tubes. To remedy that, you can use a can...

A $1 solution for microphone issues

I've come up with a $1.00 solution for those who have had difficulty finding the right place to secure their lapel microphone on their uniform without it falling off during a foot chase or have worried about the risk of...

Protecting your audio transmitter cord

For those who carry audio transmitters on their duty belts: do you have the problem of external mic cords breaking without warning and causing you to have an evidence tape with no audio? To prevent that, try interweaving...

Wear an ear mic

Wearing an ear mic not only ensures you get your radio traffic, it also eliminates the need to "secure your mic" while standing with a potential suspect. Criminals are just as knowledgeable -- sometimes more so -- about...

More on safe shoulder mic usage

As a follow up to a tip submitted by Officer Israel about looking at subjects when talking on shoulder mics [Read the tip]: I have done what Officer Israel describes and I've also noticed that I tend to lift my elbow...

Suspicious person contacts

This is probably nothing new to many of you, but I still see this mistake time and again: When preparing to make contact with a suspicious person, do not grab your mic for the first time while pulling up to him. Instead,...

Keep your eyes forward

When talking on portable radios, many officers look away from what is taking place in front of them to look at their microphone while transmitting. No matter where your mic is placed—shoulder, right or left epaulette, or...

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