Despite more than 2,500 documented cases of officers being protected from serious injury or
death by body armor, not all police officers routinely use armored vests, claiming that body …

There are thousands of documented cases in which body armor saved the lives of officers
shot during the performance of their duties. A few of the cases are presented in this article …

Abstract Since 1980, an estimated 1,804 police officers have died on duty. Approximately 90
percent of the officers feloniously killed were killed with firearms. The vast majority of the …

On November 17, 2003, the Attorney General announced the US Department of Justices
Body Armor Safety Initiative As part of that initiative, he directed the National Institute of …

[Excerpt] Firearms are one of the leading causes of deaths for law enforcement officers
feloniously killed in the line of duty. According to data published by the Federal Bureau of …

The life of a law enforcement officer is in constant danger. When an officer responds to a call
for assistance and knows that an individual with a weapon is involved, there is time to take …

The article first reviews the history of body-armor development, including how the US Justice
Department's National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and the International Association of Chiefs of …

This study demonstrates that much progress has been made in the last decade in terms of
law enforcement agencies providing body armor to officers, developing policies to require …

The manner in which body armor is fitted and maintained has a far greater impact on how
long and effectively body armor will protect an officer against a serious threat. Properly fitted …

ABSTRACT In July of 2001, Officer Rick Norman of the Knoxville, Tennessee police
department conducted a “routine” traffic stop. The stop, made for a defective tail light, ended …