Concealable Armor News & Articles

As important as body armor is to an officer's survival, it is equally important to understand how that protective equipment functions. ...

Industry collaboration among fiber suppliers, weavers, and manufacturers is helping to drive development of state-of-the-art solutions for multi-market segments. ...

As had been previously announced, I spent some time receiving visitors at the PoliceOne booth during SHOT Show 2012. I’m a little incredulous there would be many folks who would want to come see ...

By Mark S. BajkoAccording to the 2008 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of correctional officers in the United States will grow from its current level of 518,200 to 566,500 in 2018. PrisonOfficer.org ...

Time will tell what will happen with the new models of .06 armor hitting the market. We hope (and predict) that .06 armor will help the IACP DuPont Survivors Club continue to add new members to the ranks of that righteous group. ...

Technology that supports the mission of law enforcement is evolving at an ever-increasing rate. We predicted that final year of this decade promised to be one of the busiest in history for police technology, and that turned out to be exactly what we got. Here is just a small selection of the milestone events and technology trends we witnessed in 2009. ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

Armor has been essential to those with dangerous jobs for as long as there have been weapons. In ancient times, warriors who needed to protect themselves from arrows, spears, and swords found armor to ...

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. ...

PoliceOne columnist Betsy Brantner Smith has achieved many great things. As a 28-year veteran of the Naperville (Ill.) Police Department, Smith has held positions in patrol, investigations, narcotics, ...

By Tristana Moore BBC News, Berlin The underwear is being issued to female officers as part of their uniform. (BBC Photo)BERLIN, Germany — It is being dubbed the new "bullet-proof bra", ...

Since the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)/DuPont™ Kevlar Survivors’ Club® was established in 1987, more than 3,000 individuals working in law enforcement have survived both ballistic and nonballistic incidents because they were wearing body armor. Of the approximately 1,200 officers killed in the line of duty since 1980, more than 30 percent might have been saved if they had worn vests. ...