Law Enforcement Testimonials
Brunswick County Sheriffs Office "Special Weapons and Tactics Team"
- Brunswick County, NC
Search Warrant, October, 2004 using the Greenbeam Laser and light System
Several months ago we tried to serve a search warrant in a neighborhood that is anti- police and has lookouts positioned so they know when we are coming and from what direction. The only way to get to this house is either to drive or walk in from the woods. It is a very long hike through the woods as well as dangerous. The drug dealers have paths cut through the woods so they can get away when we approach. They also have guns hidden in the woods and have shot at us before if we try and follow them. So as I mentioned, it is just too dangerous for us to try and get to them using the paths. We have small lights on our M4's that are not very bright and they break all the time. So it is not safe enough for us to pursue the suspects into an area that is not lighted. So our trainer, Jody Taylor, started trying to find us some lights that would give us what we need without costing us an arm and a leg.
As Jody was looking into fixing our problem with the lights, he got a call from Matt Goode at Beamshot about a laser/light system complete with mounts, pressure switches, and rechargeable batteries at the cost that sounded very reasonable. Beamshot sent Jody a 100 lumen rechargeable light and a small Greenbeam Laser for him to test. He tested them for about 3 weeks and found them to be just what we needed as well as at a cost we could afford.
We ended up buying 16 Greenbeam Lasers and 16 rechargeable, 100 lumen flashlights with all the mounts, pressure switches, chargers, and batteries for the cost of what one Surefire vertical grip flashlight would have cost us. Not only did we get a great light and laser, but we got a laser that works in the "daytime" and it is awesome.
A couple of weeks ago we went back into this problem neighborhood to serve a search warrant on this drug house. I had put a couple of SWAT guys at the edge of the wood line and the rest serving the warrant, when the suspects saw us coming they started to run as usually, only this time things went a little different, we either blinded them the 100 lumen LED lights or "dotted" them with the Greenbeam laser. It was great! They were freaked out to say the least. Not only did the equipment stop them dead in their tracks, one suspect was so scared that when he saw the Greenbeam laser on his chest, he laid down on his back and gave up.
We really like the lights and the fact that the rechargeable battery last 2 hours, but the Greenbeam Laser is the heat. It is going to be a great psychological weapon as well as a life saving tool. Now if a hostage rescue or school shooting happens, we will have a tool that will work day or night and allow our guys to stay completely behind and protected by our ballistic shields, but still be able to make a shot if necessary.
- Lt. Mickey Smith, Commander, SWAT
