Defender Helps Bouncer Down Under

Keeping Bad Guys at Bay
See how SureFire is taking away the cover of darkness from bad guys who go bump in the night.

I work as the head crowd-controller (bouncer) at a large venue in Melbourne, Australia. Recently, a man wandered in through the public thoroughfare, which bisects the venue where I work. He was drenched in his own blood (he'd had a fight with crowd-controllers at a venue across the street) and was clearly under the influence of meth.

In Australia, even if you are certified to carry batons, firearms, and/or handcuffs at work, as I am, it's frowned upon. But I'd heard good things from police and my old crew on using a powerful flashlight to help subdue suspects. So, I've been carrying a Surefire E2D Defender® ever since. In his drug-crazed condition, the bloody man took it upon himself to attack one of the venue managers. Since the man was covered in blood, a normal takedown would have put us at risk of contracting a blood-borne infection. But a couple of quick blasts from my E2D to his eyes gave me and another crowd-controller the moment we needed to engage the offender on our terms, and we were able to take him down without risking contamination.

It was my first ever arrest, not made through use of a baton, handcuffs, or firearm but by a SureFire flashlight.

Stewart O.
Toorak, Australia

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