KESQ.com: Officer Don Dougherty with the Palm Springs Police Department considers himself a "cool cop" and he says he owes it all to a little device. The officer's device is called, rightfully so, the Cool Cop. It's a hose that police officer have connected to an air conditioning vent inside a patrol vehicle.
"It basically forces cool air between your vest and your t-shirt and it hopefully cools off a little bit," says Officer Dougherty. Patrol officers like Dougherty wear several layers of clothing and a bulletproof vest under their uniform. Dougherty says the Cool Cop helps in a big way.
"It traps all the heat and moisture against your skin. It just stays hot all the time and, of course, dark blue uniforms in 112 degree temperatures -- I'm not sure who's idea that was."
Dougherty is one of the first on the force to have a cool cop device.
He says it helps in surviving consecutive days of work. Each device runs about $50, according to Dougherty.
Cool Cops: New Device Helps Officers Beat the Heat [KESQ.com]
Posted by: Mike Jhonson at July 4, 2008 6:08 AM
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