Firearms continue to be one of the most dangerous threats faced by US law enforcement
officers. Although a majority of accidental fatalities each year are traffic related, a majority of …

In the early 1970s, one of NIJ's staff had a “eureka” moment. He wondered if a new material
called Kevlar, principally used in car tires, might work as a type of armor to protect police …

[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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

AUGUST 2019• NATIONAL DEFENSE 21 individuals without killing them, he said.“You don't
see the beam but you feel the beam,” he said.“It doesn't take long for…[an enemy …

The United States is among the global leaders in firearm injury deaths. In 2016, an
estimated 37 000 firearmrelated deaths occurred in the United States, ranking second only …

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 …