Notice Details

The NYPD's Police Academy – Recruit School’s Physical Tactics and Training Department is endeavoring to acquire SOF® Tourniquets by Tactical Medical Solutions to be distributed to all new NYPD recruits to be placed in their BTK. All recruits are trained on and provided this tourniquet which is approved by the Committee for Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (Co-TECC) for use on life-threatening bleeding by first responders with a duty to act. The orange color is needed so that other medical personnel can clearly see that a life-threatening injury has been treated, especially when used over the required dark navy blue NYPD uniform. A tourniquet is a one-time-use piece of equipment and is only removed by cutting it off the aided in a medical facility. In order to ensure that each UMOS has access to this life-saving piece of equipment whenever it is required for aiding any person in need, this item needs to be replaced after its use.