Loadbearing suspenders are available with breakaway snaps, but they're mostly only seen in the Northwest. A few departments are starting to go to external body armor carriers with gearpouches built in, but tradition plays a bigger part in uniform selection than practicality does.

Safariland came out with a "Levitation" belt that was supposed to prevent pressure on the hips. Don't know how it worked out; it was a proprietary system so I doubt it was adopted on a bid basis.