The Firearms Instructor Issue 50 33 a security guard and police officer. While on the other hand we want to maximize our own personal safety and that of those around us. But even a person living in the most dangerous part of the United States will only have one life threatening violent encounter in his entire life, statistically speaking. Consider this fact; the Canadian Boarder Security agency (CBSA) has 4800 armed officers on the books. During an 18 month period spanning 2008 to 2009 they had no incident of drawing their pistols in the line of duty, not one. But they did have 67 accidental shootings. Sadly 4 of those accidents resulted in death. What does this mean? How can we analyze this data, how can we interpret this information, how can we make conclusions from that analysis. Most importantly how can we prevent it from happening at such an alarming rate? When requirements were put in place for law enforcement and security to use reten- tion holsters we solved an important the safe- ty issue; Weapon retention. With the advent of level 2, 3 and 4 retention holsters the pistol is secure until the user wishes to draw. This does not absolutely prevent an assailant from wrestling a police officers weapon away from his holster, but is does help. Unfortunately this can not help to prevent the negligent discharge. In another alarming statistic published by WCBS; In the year 2004 the New York Police Department (NYPD) had 27 incidents in which an officer shot himself with his own gun. And only 11 engagements with gun fighting suspects and actually shot a perpe- trator only 8% in those gun fights. The NYPD is the largest law enforcement agency in the world (34,500 in uniform) and one held in high regard. But it is alarming that at this rate we can logically conclude that the officers are better off, and safer, unarmed. Those are the numbers for one of the most prestigious out- fits, let alone the lesser departments. If one is 2 times as likely to shoot one self than to shoot an enemy in defense of ones self, then one is better off not being armed. The reality of it is scary and we need a unique, innovative and new standard for safety. Enter the SLVE holster. The next gen- eration in safety. Here is the scenario; a cop/ armed security guard starts his shift in uni- form. puts on his duty belt and SLVE holster. He then holsters his loaded but not chambered Glock .40 pistol and goes about his shift. Said officer has a confrontation with an active shooter and draws his gun by pressing the 2 buttons on his holster and simultaneously