Flashy nightsticks

How much should a police flashlight cost? San Diego sheriff Bill Gore is looking for a deal to buy a total of 1800 Bayco TAC330B “nightstick tactical lights,” which retail for about $40, over three years. The unit “is a 180 lumens non-rechargeable LED Tactical Flashlight that outperforms most other lights that cost twice as much,” according to the website of its maker. “The high efficiency deep reflector produces a beam that has an impressive effective range of 190 meters (more than 620 feet). Its waterproof design, in combination with impact and chemical resistant engineered polymer housing, make the TAC-300 one of the toughest tactical lights around.”