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My partner and I carry one in are car and it gets used fairly regularly. I echo what's already been mentioned.
Pluses: Mobile ballistic protection - Your first form of cover should be your personal vest. Covers your face looking through viewing port.
Not so plus: Heavy (even with extra arm workouts), expensive, big (hallways aren't always), Level II only (and no, Level II shield plus Level II body armor doesn't equal Level IV protection - that stuff is really heavy), difficult to shoot accurately, two hands - 3 tools (shield, light, gun)
Shield 1600, Second Chance Ultima 800 or so. Go with the body armor w/the titanium trauma plate.
On a side note, another agency we work with is testing full see through/plexi ballistic shields that you can shoot through, yet they still provide ballistic protection the other way. Haven't heard anything real world about em yet though.
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