Peace officer's equipment bag

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The bag of the instant invention has a central body portion or pouch 10 which is formed of tough but light-weight nylon cloth or similar synthetic fabric.
The body defines two end walls 12 and two side walls 14 and is formed by stitching the end walls to a continuous length of cloth which defines the side walls, top and bottom of the bag.
On each side of the body 10 a carrying strap 16 is attached by stitching the ends at 18 so that loops defined by the straps extend over the bag and can be gripped together to define a handle.
As shown in FIG.
4, one of the carrying straps also supports a baton or billy club 20 which is further secured by a pair of Velcro retaining straps 22.
This double securing of the billy club prevents the jostling which it will experience during carrying from loosening the Velcro ties.
At one end of the bag a handcuff pocket 24 is defined which has a Velcro closure 26 to permit rapid, one-handed access to the handcuffs.
The other end of the bag mounts an elastic strip 28 which defines consecutive convolutions which receive shotgun shells 30.
Side panels 32 are stitched into the seam joining the end walls 12 to the side walls 14 and along their bottom edges, and additionally are stitched vertically at 34.
The stitching at 34 serves the double purpose of reinforcing the connection of the carrying straps to the body of the bag and also subdivides three open-topped pockets, two of them at 36 being the end pockets that are not provided with closures, and a central pocket 38 having a cover flap stitched to the body of the bag and a pair of Velcro fastener strips 40 which of course align with mating fastener material strips adhered to the outside of the panel at 42.
These relatively thin, vertical, widely spaced Velcro strips securely hold the flap in place but are easily lifted with one hand by a quick outward tug on the lower edge.
The side pockets defined by the panels 32 can be used for miscellaneous equipment, such as the flashlight, ticket books, pencils, etc