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Originally Posted by Kalzazz
If a Federal Employee goes to buy vests the safest thing is to buy whatever vest is listed on his agencies TOE since he can easily defend that choice 'our agency determined this is the appropriate vest'
Federal agencies will have contract security staff provided by GSA, buying whatever vest they issue is probably another safe bet
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He is able to determine, from what his boss doesn't say, that there is
some reason why they don't lend or transfer a vest from their stores to these people.
He guesses these must be federal informants or someone of that sort, who are being threatened or have for some other reason been able to argue that Homeland Security Investigations should provide them with some protection, but that the Department of Homeland Security does not want them to be caught doing the criminal things that they most assuredly still do, while wearing vests that are marked 'DHS', 'ICE' or something similar.
Actually, his boss
probably mentioned that he should make a cash withdrawal and buy the vests in cash. He can show his appropriate ID and all, and obviously he needs a receipt, but he should get the receipt in his own name... or any damn name, just so long as it doesn't say ICE, HSI or DHS. Just don't leave a trail that reporters can follow and confirm easily. They've had enough of that, with Fast and the Furious, Project Gunrunner, Rodriquez Dorado and 'Lalo'.
Also, the concealable body armour that Homeland Security Investigations issues costs
$1,500+ on the open market and is reputed to have cost them $5,000 at some point. It's a ridiculous mark-up, as will sometimes happen with government procuring, but it means that there is absolutely no way that anyone who cares about money at all will buy those vests commercially.