How to buy personal shields 1
By Rick ArmellinoAs understood and practiced by legions of shield users across many centuries of brutal warfare - lightweight and portable shields are excellent tools that protect warriors conducting close ...
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March 2010 Product Roundup: Body Armor
PoliceOne is focusing on news and information about Body Armor throughout the month of March 2010. Check out some of the latest Body Armor Products on the market today. OC-OPS/Range Master ...
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IACP Digest: Visiting the vendors
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 ...
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Bomb suit standards
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 ...
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Nanotechnology being tested for next-gen body armor6
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.” ...
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Pa. company makes body armor to withstand abuse
By Jeremy Boren Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewPITTSBURGH — Simply stopping bullets isn't good enough anymore for police body armor.Vests packed with high-tech fabrics and diamond-hard plates must withstand ...
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United States files suit against First Choice Armor2
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. ...
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Body armor tech: .06 is here2
“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 ...
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Body armor protects Tenn. officer in shooting4
By Jacqueline Koch Chattanooga Times Free PressFORT OGLETHORPE, Tenn. — Body armor saved a Fort Oglethorpe police officer from being wounded Wednesday morning by deflecting a gunman's bullet.Officer ...
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The "Armor of God Project" sends used vests to officers in need2
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. ...
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Body armor meeting NIJ .06 standards now available
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 ...
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N.C. community rallies in support of K-9 vests
By Dan E. Way Chapel Hill HeraldHILLSBOROUGH, N.C. — Talon and Sampson may sound like the sort of names reserved for superheroes -- and some might say they fit the role -- but these four-legged law ...
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