This mask is black and covers the head and the mouth, it is longer than a ski mask. You sometimes see officers wearing them on Cops etc..
2006-12-04 12:56:18 · 8 answers · asked by LRP 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
The police call them Head covers, hoods, masks, or sometimes they are referred to as Swat rags!!
2006-12-04 13:00:21 · answer #1 · answered by SICKO 2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The mask is mainly used to protect the officers identity. Many major busts require rough treatment of dirtbags, due to them being well armed and fortified. So, in my opinion, if I was one of those cops with a mask my reasoning would be that I would not want to be recongized on my day off with my kids by some dirtbag who might want revenge, for something he did.
2006-12-04 13:02:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The mask do cover the officers id and makes them seem intimidating, yet possibly the main obligatory reason a tactical officer will positioned on a nomex hood while in complete equipment is that this is flame retardant and could shield his face and neck from the outcomes of "flash bang" "stun-grenades", "noise-flash distraction instruments", (despite the locals call them) that are many times deployed to disorient suspects while making dynamic tactical get right of entry to such as in the time of a raid.
2016-10-14 00:42:17 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Baclava
2006-12-04 14:09:01 · answer #4 · answered by Toddzilla SoCal 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is called a balaclava
2006-12-04 15:27:41 · answer #5 · answered by GOMER PYLE 76 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Balcava....and they are not comfortable to wear.
2006-12-04 17:26:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hood
2006-12-04 13:13:58 · answer #7 · answered by mikey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hoods and they itch
2006-12-08 10:56:57 · answer #8 · answered by JAMES H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋