wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources streichers news newspapers books scholar jstor free images july 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message streicher s industry police equipment and supply retail founded 1953 headquarters plymouth minnesota usa products police uniforms firearms and other police duty gear such as handcuffs duty bags flashlights etc. website www.policehq.com streicher s is a police equipment and supply company founded in 1953 in west allis wisconsin . it was then known as don s gun shop . the name later changed to don streicher guns inc. in 1983 the headquarters moved to plymouth minnesota with the opening of a new showroom and became known as streicher s police equipment or simply streicher s. streicher s main showroom and corporate headquarters have remained in plymouth since 1983 . the original showroom in milwaukee wisconsin still operates . in 2012 streicher s purchased a warehouse in corcoran minnesota . the warehouse is their primary distribution center . streicher s caters to law enforcement personnel security officers and other public safety personnel including fire and rescue workers emt military and federal agents . it sells firearms light bars uniforms and standard gear such as handcuffs and flashlights . in july 2008 streicher s acquired arrington s police distributors 1 and its two locations in greensboro and charlotte north carolina . these locations have since closed down . it has also expanded its services to the internet . this minnesota related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about a business industry or trade related organization is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title streichers & oldid 621855942 categories companies based in wisconsincompanies based in minnesotaminnesota stubsbusiness organization stubshidden categories articles with topics of unclear notability from july 2009all articles with topics of unclear notabilitypages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 19 august 2014 at 01 43 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view