This Is Why Police Officers Hold Their Vests

[DrewishAF]

They don't realize that tucking your fingers under the straps or behind the plate is the same thing as stuffing your hands into your hoodie pocket...

[GoforDayten]

Art to relax the brain, cop to stress it out. Healthy balance brotha

[Einar]

As a retired Soldier, we do it for the same reasons. It’s all about comfort when you have 60lbs of gear on.

[Andersj]

It also helps with the heat that radiates from wearing a vest for 12-14 hours every day. It can get hot as hell even with an outer carry vest, forgot an under carry vest, your shirt is going to stick to you and you’re going to have to peel it off.

[dustyb]

In the army our vests with plates started to get a bit hefty after wearing them for 8 hours+ at a time so holding the sides and supporting them so the vest sits off your shoulders just a bit made a huge difference.

[FullMetalJank]

As a (former) football player we used to do that too. To help air cuculation and breathing

[zubnasty]

Salute! THANK YOU FOR SERVING OUR COUNTRY!

[HelixChannel]

As former law enforcement, the reason we are taught this is to keep our hands close to our head and face for quick protection. If your arms are sagging with gear all over your body, it’s harder to react and go to the defensive.

[rodneyconover]

I tried that with my coat and it actually is comfortable! Keep up the great posts Johnny Q! Love you man ❤️😊

[DeVincey]

Military vests are heavier carrying 6 mags of 40 rounds each, not including the plates and Kevlar pads, first aid kit etc etc, and so holding the best in such a way allows for the weight of the best to be relieved for brief periods of time and feels good to have your arms essentially not dangling by your side but holding something.

[marsisthegodofwar]

Was Army active duty from 2010-2014. We wore kevlar vests on many occasions for long periods of time. Sometimes on the daily for months on end. All that gear can get heavy and it really starts to weigh you down. When you place your hands on the collar and pull down it alleviates some of the pain and pressure on your back. Wearing that vest for 8-12 hours a day can get uncomfortable. You see football players do it with their shoulder pads too. Shit gets heavy after a long day.

[vincentpruitt]

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[MrStaybrown]

You can always tell someone was a cop. For the rest of their lives, they walk with the invisible vest and belt.

[Writer-wanna_be.]

I’m sure they quickly take those heavy vest off as soon as they clock out…lol the more police videos I watch the more I admire and appreciate officers

[neffdeathwatch]

These kids don't get it😅😅😅😅😅 Thank you for explaining it to them.

[CARLITSWAY]

Police officers are lucky that the vest they wear now is worn on the outside. When I wore my vest it was to be worn in the inside. That was so damn uncomfortable especially hot days. I would wear a white T-shirt the vest over the t-shirt then the uniform shirt over the vest. You started sweating as soon as you were putting the vest on and sweat even more when you started to put your duty belt on and it sucked even more putting the keepers on. Winter was the same just a tshirt, turtleneck vest over turtleneck then long sleeve shirt. When I left the job maybe 2 years later officers began using their vest on the outside. Good for them, not sweating or being uncomfortable.

[therago]

I’ve been told they do that because they want to show that the cops aren’t itching to fire shots or arrest and I never knew it was for comfort reasons. Always supporting y’all and praying for your safety!

[joeybarnhart]

We’d do the same thing with our shoulders pads when I played football, practice was long and holding onto the front of them like that was much more comfortable.

[jediknightjairinaiki]

Not to mention placing your arms in that position allows you to partially or completely obscure your name tape and badge number, thereby making it harder for the suspects you beat, to identify you.

[Yaboyilluminati]

The Spinning Paint Videos Tho we miss those