DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,909

THE SAFARILAND GROUP
A/K/A SAFARILAND, LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ARROW STAFFING, KINETIC
STAFFING, AND SELECT STAFFING
ONTARIO, CALIFORNIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the
workers in such workers' firm have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated;
(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers'
firm to a foreign country in the production of
articles or supply of services like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by the
workers' firm; OR
(II) there has been an acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers' firm of
articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 17, 2019 by a state workforce official on behalf
of workers and former workers of The Safariland Group, A/K/A
Safariland, LLC, including on-site leased workers from Arrow
Staffing, Kinetic Staffing, and Select Staffing, Ontario,
California (Safariland-Ontario). The workers' firm is engaged
in activities related to the production of police duty gear and
security gear (such as belts, body armor, holsters, and
vests).
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner, the workers' firm, and other
sources.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers at Safariland-Ontario have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country the production of (an)
article(s) like or directly competitive with the police duty
gear and security gear produced by the subject workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Safariland-Ontario.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Safariland-Ontario,
who are engaged in activities related to the production of
police duty gear and security gear, meet the worker group
certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of The Safariland Group, A/K/A Safariland,
LLC, including on-site leased workers from Arrow Staffing,
Kinetic Staffing, and Select Staffing, Ontario, California,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after June 14, 2018 through two years from the date
of certification, and all workers in the group threatened
with total or partial separation from employment on the
date of certification through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 26th day of March 2020.

/s/Del-Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL-MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance