
News from Red Diamond
October 2, 2003: Red Diamond was the kick-off spot for the annual "Chili-Run" by the Mahoning/Columbiana Chapter of the Blue Knights. The run benefited Special Olympics. Despite the early rain and cool temperatures, we had a nice turn out.
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May 15, 2004: Red Diamond has gone postal! We've been waiting since 1999 to obtain a Postal Uniform License and we've finally been approved. Our goal is to apply the same concept to postal uniforms as we do to our police, fire and EMS lines of offering a large selection at very competitive prices. Check us out for all your postal uniform needs.
August
11, 2004: Red Diamond is now an authorized Safariland Law Enforcement
Distributor for all duty gear products. Red Diamond is proud to have met their
stringent qualifications. As a result, we have committed to increase the depth
of their products that we stock. See our expanded Safariland section under duty
gear and holsters. We welcome the chance to quote non-individual departmental
and governmental orders.
Sept.1 2004: Red Diamond is now carrying the full line of 5.11 Tactical™ Class A and Class B Uniforms as well as the 5.11 Tactical uniform jacket line.
January 5th, 2005: Phase 1 of our expansion project is completed with the opening of our new public safety and postal footwear showroom. We now have over 850 shoes and boots in stock.
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Check out our footwear category for our complete selection from 5.11 Tactical, Bates, Danner, Ridge Outdoors and Thorogood.
Phase 2 of our project will be the opening of our 5.11 Tactical showroom in February, 2005.
February 14, 2005: Red Diamond teams up with Sabre® line of OC spray.
Red Diamond is now a Law Enforcement Distributor for Sabre OC Spray from Security Equipment Corp. Sabre brands include the widely used Sabre Red® and Sabre H2O® lines of OC spray. Sabre offers several distinct advantages. 1. Sabre canisters will discharge from an inverted position. 2. Quality control assures each can is the same in contents. 3. UV Dye marks suspects who have been sprayed. 4. Sabre uses the natural color of OC so officers can visualize their aim, get on target quicker and use less spray. 5. HPLC Guarantee. Sabre has their own-house laboratory dedicated to performing High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) analysis to ensure capsaicinoid consistency with every batch. the first spray is as effective as the last. For Ohio Agencies, Red Diamond sells Sabre under Ohio State contract pricing. Contact us for more information.
February 28, 2005: Our new 5.11 Tactical showroom is open although some construction remains to be finished.
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May 5th to May 7th, 2005:
Red Diamonds Grand Re-Opening/6-year Anniversary Open House had a great turnout. Over 580 people stopped by. Thanks to the generosity of many vendors we held raffles for over $8000.00 in prizes. Many product demos were run each day and more than 40 companies had representatives on hand showing off new products and answering questions.
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The practice door ram/Airsoft training display was a popular place. One and two officer teams competed for "top gun" honors. Red Diamond will be distributing a line of Airsoft weapons designed for law enforcement training. Watch here for details.
May 5th, 2005:
Red Diamond teams up with our newest footwear partner, Rocky Shoes & Boots. Headquartered in Ohio since 1932, Rocky offers several dozen models of public safety and work boots. With these added styles we can say with confidence that we have the largest selection and inventory of black boots in Ohio (and probably 20 or 30 other states!). Red Diamond will offer the entire Rocky Boot line. We have also added the Rocky Outdoor Gear line of work apparel and the new Rocky Glove line.
May 10th, 2005:

Red Diamond is now an authorized distributor for Ka-Bar Knives, including the new TDI Law Enforcement knife. Check their new products out in the Knife category!
June 24th, 2005: Red Diamond adds American Body Armor (ABA) and Protech tactical lines of ballistic concealment vests, shields, helmets and tactical vests. ABA makes the popular Xtreme and Xtreme-X concealment vests. These add to our present line of Second Chance, and RBR Tactical.
March 20, 2009: Red Diamond announces 10 Year Anniversary Extravaganza!

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Red Diamond celebrated 10 years of serving you this past May 7 and 8th. Having started in 1999 with a 590 square foot store, we now have over 10,000 square foot of showroom and warehouse space. Our inventory valued at over 1 million dollars and provide products to agencies nationwide from more than 385 companies.
Our celebration was attended by more than 765 public safety professionals, and more than $25,000 in prizes and discounts were given out.
Sponsored by: 5.11 Tactical, ASP, Bates Footwear, Blackhawk, Code 3 EP, Danner, Don Hume Leathergoods, Elbeco, Eo-Tech, Fechheimer, Gould & Goodrich, Lund Industries, Magnum Hi-Tec, Neese Industries, Patriot Products, Propper International, Ridge Footwear, Rocky Boots, Sabre OC Products, Safariland, Spiewak Jackets, Streamlight, Surefire, Tact Squad, Thorogood Boots, Trijicon, Turtleskin Gloves, United Shield International.
Thanks for your support!
Remember to check not only our prices, but also our unique shipping policy where we use actual shipping cost by order weight rather than your order total for shipping. NO HANDLING CHARGES EVER. Plus, for orders over $150.00 discount 50% of the first $12.00 of regular ground shipping cost! This can save you $3.00 to $18.00 or more on shipping alone over certain well known mail order catalogs.
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