It's true that no duty belt solution will solve every problem for every law enforcement professional all the time, it's just that most of today's duty belt designs, with few exceptions, solve fewer problems than they should.

But it's not entirely the fault of duty belt designers and manufacturers. On one hand, the accessories that officers are asked to carry are more and heavier than they used to be. Too often the manufacturer's customers and the manufacturer's end-users are not always the same. Officers may be the end-users and decision-influencers, but they're not always the final decision-makers.

Law enforcement management must accept a role, along with the officer, in remedying pain caused by poorly designed and engineered duty belts. Some of the most commonly cited points of pain attributable to duty belt and duty belt accessories can be fully or largely remedied with Duckbill gear and a management endorsed strategic approach to turning daily and incremental control of pain and discomfort over to the officer.