Body Armor News & Articles

Mid-way through my attendance at the IACP session on domestic and international terrorism on Sunday morning, I received a text message from my friend and colleague Hannah Simon: “TASER has an AXON ...

The Office of Justice Programs’ National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is developing a standard for bomb suits worn by U.S. public safety bomb technicians. This will be the first such standard. NIJ ...

New report issued by Police Executive Research Forum and Bureau of Justice Assistance includes data from the NLEOMFWASHINGTON — Nearly all law enforcement agencies report that they provide body armor ...

Bob Weber, Director of Ballistic Development for Safariland, told PoliceOne in an exclusive interview, “I wait in great anticipation for new materials that can improve the performance of our body armor. Technology is constantly advancing and we look at new developments in the market very closely. Some things end up not ever coming to market and some other things end up giving us a great new way to protect police officers.” ...

According to a Department of Justice press release issued late Tuesday, a False Claims Act lawsuit has been filed against First Choice Armor & Equipment Inc. and its founder, Edward Dovner. The plaintiff in the case is the United States of America — at the heart of the suit, Zylon. ...

“Resist the twist.” Virtually nothing about the science and technology of body armor is simple, but that one statement, offered to PoliceOne by Bob Weber, Director of Ballistic Development ...

Begun in 2008 by Lieutenant Clint Reck of the Muscle Shoals (Ala.) Police Department, the organization is presently working with the Philippine National Police and reportedly has made contact with agencies in Mexico and Africa that are in need of vests. ...

A little less than one year ago, the National Institute of Justice released NIJ Standard-0101.06, Ballistic Resistance of Body Armor, the latest evolution in standards by which law enforcement protective ...

Editor’s note: In the article below from the Associated Press, it’s reported that the gunman wore a "bulletproof vest." Leaving aside for the moment the fact that body armor is not ...

“They could replace my limb after amputation, but had I not been wearing my vest, that wouldn’t be necessary because I wouldn’t be here today," says Bakersfield Police Officer Dennis Eddy. “Every officer and Police Department nationwide would not tolerate an officer reporting for duty without their issued firearm. An unprotected officer, and by that I mean anyone not wearing a vest, cannot help the public or their partner if they can’t survive the fight. Vest up!” ...

The first thing that officers and departments need to know about the new “.06” body armor standard is that it does not invalidate body armor models that are compliant with the “old” standard. Secondly, under the new standard, the NIJ can now require much more “rigorous testing” of the ballistic armor. ...

By Richard Lardner Associated PressWASHINGTON — A Canadian company will pay the United States just over $1 million to resolve allegations it violated federal law by selling a defective material used ...

In the dream that repeatedly haunted Ofcr. Jennifer Moore’s nights, the action was always the same: She and her partner are driving down one of the mean streets of their high-crime beat in Phoenix ...