EXHIBIT 23.1

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


The Board of Directors
COMARCO, Inc.:

We consent to  incorporation  by reference in the  registration  statement  (No.
33-44943)  on Form S-8 of  COMARCO,  Inc.  of our  report  dated  June 9,  2000,
relating to the statements of net assets available for plan benefits of COMARCO,
Inc.  Savings  and  Retirement  Plan as of  December  31,  1999 and 1998 and the
related statements of changes in net assets available for plan benefits for each
of the years in the  three-year  period  ended  December  31, 1999 which  report
appears in the  December  31, 1999 annual  report on Form 11-K of COMARCO,  Inc.
Savings and Retirement Plan.



                                                            KPMG LLP


McLean, Virginia
June 28, 2000