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With over 300 years of combined experience in law enforcement and related equipment sales, Dana Safety Supply (DSS) is one of the largest and most experienced high-tech police supply distributors in the U.S.

Based in Jacksonville, FL, DSS offers the finest quality law enforcement duty equipment and products, unsurpassed service and competitive prices, exclusively to law enforcement professionals. In order to maintain our company’s integrity, we routinely verify law enforcement status before shipping products.

Our 6 retail locations, phone centers, and on-hand inventory enable us to work efficiently and cost-effectively with law enforcement professionals to identify, deliver and install top-quality equipment, including:
 
law enforcement flashlights

police officer gear
police vehicle equipment
police body armor
public safety equipment
law enforcement duty gear
emergency lightbars

Whether you work with a municipal, county, state, federal or global law enforcement agency, you can rely upon our knowledgeable staff of law enforcement experts, who also serve as technical consultants to leading manufacturers.

Launched in 2005 by Dana and Jeff Eason, DSS was founded on the principle that people and relationships are the cornerstone of quality customer service. With the addition of long-time industry professional David Russo, DSS has quickly become a trusted leader in providing law enforcement equipment.

In August 2007, DSS acquired the David G. Simons Group of companies, enabling our company to better serve our customers and expand throughout the Southeast region with locations in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina.


In January of 2010, Dana Safety Supply was acquired by The Scott-McRae Group based out of Jacksonville, FL.  If you wish to know more about them, you can visit their website at www.ScottMcRaeGroup.com

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  With more than 27 years of law enforcement experience and industry experience, David Russo is ideally suited to his role as President of Dana Safety Supply (DSS).

David began his law enforcement career in 1982 working in the patrol division of a sizable Florida Sheriff's Office. In 1986, he founded what became one of the nations most successful law enforcement supply and vehicle outfitting companies. David oversaw all aspects of the business until selling it in 2002. He remained active as a vice-president with the new management until 2005. He joined DSS as a consultant in December of 2005. David became President of DSS in December of 2009 upon its acquisition by the Scott-McRae Group. www.scottmcraegroup.com

David is a certified instructor in many high-liability areas of law enforcement and has served as trainer and consultant for numerous local, state and federal law enforcement agencies and police academies. He has rendered expert opinions in support of law enforcement officers and agencies at the local, state and federal levels.


Wanda Hobbs has 30 years experience in the Law Enforcement products industry. She holds a Bachelors degree in Accounting.

Her career started at Davidson Supply holding various positions in accounting and purchasing. In 1988 she came to work as Vice President of Finance & Administration for Southern Public Safety with locations in North Carolina, South Carolina & Georgia. A new location in Tampa, FL was added in 1994 and she became President of Central Public Safety Equipment Co. She acted in that capacity until it was sold in 2007 to Dana Safety Supply. She remained with Dana Safety Supply as Vice President of Finance & Administration.

Wanda's knowledge in the law enforcement industry applies to operations, accounting, purchasing and personnel management. Her education and experience is an integral part of our management team at the new Dana Safety Supply.



  Dave comes to our organization with 38 years of experience in the Law Enforcement products industry. He served two years as a Project Manager for S&W and sixteen years as the Vice President of Law Enforcement Sales with sales responsibility for the United States and Canada. He provided expert testimony in numerous liability cases during his time with S&W. He graduated from Western New England College in 1966 with a BS degree in Engineering.

He became President of the Simons Group of Companies, Southeastern Public Safety Equipment Co. (GA), Palmetto Distributors, Inc. (SC), Central Public Safety Equipment Co. (FL) and Southern Public Safety Equipment Co. (NC) in 1987 and ran his own very successful Law Enforcement equipment distributorship for 20 years until it was sold to Dana Safety Supply, Inc. in 2007. He has since been retained by DSS as a consultant working in the business on a daily basis.

Dave brings 38 years and a wealth of experience in the Law Enforcement equipment business to the revitalize DSS organization. He will be utilized on a number of projects were his experience and knowledge will come into play.