Mission Statement

The primary mission of Fox Labs International is to provide the law enforcement community with the finest products available to enable those who protect us and uphold our laws to be safer, more efficient, and more effective in carrying out their duties. This will be accomplished by using existing product or creating new products to fulfill specific requirements.

The foundation of this mission is based on integrity.

Righteousness is more important than money.

Trust and honor will always be placed above the dollar. This applies to every area of our business, and particularly in the area of education.1 Information will be presented as an educational experience rather than marketing advertisement. Only substantiated facts will be presented, and potential business may be lost when the facts do not coincide with what a customer would like to hear or believe. If Fox Labs International says its true then all available research is in place to support our contention.

We will be the standard bearer2 for our industry:
a leader, not a follower.

We are in business to serve the public with primary focus on the law enforcement community. Our concentration on providing law enforcement with superior products will lead us also to provide superior products to the civilian market. Each product that Fox Labs has introduced since 1994 has been unique, better than what was currently in existence and has ultimately changed the way similar products in the marketplace are viewed. This will carry through.

FOOTNOTES TO FOX LABS INTERNATIONAL MISSION STATEMENT

1. Fox Labs has a reputation of seeking-out and providing factual information to the marketplace. In virtually every important area of our business we have been the leader in bringing this data to market along with product. We were the company who, in 1993-94, researched, developed and introduced the first true 2,000,000 Scoville Heat Unit (SHU) aerosol defense sprays to the marketplace (in 2% OC, 5% OC and 1% OC & 1% CS formulas). During this period most products were an ineffective 50,000 to100,000 SHUs. SHU's determine the intensity and effectiveness of an Oleoresin Capsicum (OC) spray; the percentage of OC in a formula is not as important. No other company preached this 'truth' prior to the Fox product rollout.

Today, over five years later, we continue to be the leading proponent of SHU's over percentages and are striving to overcome the misconceptions that have been extolled by others in our industry concerning percentages of OC versus SHU's. Others put sales above safety when they sell percentages of OC higher than 5% in formulas. Even the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, said that in terms of strength versus percentage,

"…percentages may be misleading, because it is the strength of the OC in the spray that determines its effectiveness, not its percent of volume. Moreover, strength is usually measured in Scoville Heat Units: the higher the SHU's, the greater the inflammatory capacity of the OC. Also, OC is an oil; to work, it must atomize into a fine spray. Because oily solutions do not break up as easily into a mist, solutions greater than 5 percent OC may not atomize as well."

National Institute of Justice Technology Assessment Program, March 1994

Additionally, higher percentages of OC mean longer recovery times, and this increases opportunity for health-related problems that translates into greater liability risk.

2. Fox Labs product roster is unmatched in the industry. All of our outstanding products were the first of their kind. They have unsurpassed field-proven reliability, and their overall superiority is unparalleled. In 1994, Fox 5% OC and 1% OC & 1% CS defense spray formulas rated at 2,000,000 SHU revolutionized the industry¾they have become legendary by those who have experienced their effect. Others have tried to follow. The Full Safety Holster is truly incomparable. Introduced nationally by Fox in 1994, no other defense spray holster comes close to its' safety features. It is patented to protect against imitators. In January 1995, Fox introduced Sudeconâ Decontaminate Wipes. Sudeconâ has become the leader in aerosol defense spray aftercare because it really works! And nothing in the world can work like Sudeconâ because it, too, is patented. In 1996 we introduced Bad Bobâ and HeadShot Bobâ, the unique tactical target training systems that have features that cannot be duplicated by other target systems because they are also patented. More recently, in August 1998, we introduced our line-up of aerosol defense sprays called "FIVE POINT THREE." This is unquestionably the ultimate breakthrough in less-lethal defense spray technology and another industry leading offering from Fox-a 2% OC formula rated at a stunning 5.3 million SHUs! We know others will be trying to follow us again, but that is to be expected when you are the leader.