Abstract Established in 1986, the Survivors' Club has three goals: To reduce death and
disability by encouraging every on-duty field and investigative officer to wear personal body …

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 …

Background Research on occupational safety of law enforcement officers (LEOs) has
primarily focused on fatal assaults. Nonfatal assaults, however, have received little attention …

Purpose–Few studies track non‐lethal weapon use by law enforcement agencies (LEAs),
the number/level of force used by these agencies, complaints for excessive force, and …

Despite the dedication and effectiveness of law enforcement agencies, dangers facing
police officers continue to escalate. Police administrators have enhanced the delivery of …

When a chief administrator takes charge of a law enforcement agency, he or she accepts
total responsibility for the department and must make vital decisions that are in the best …

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 According to the National Law Enforcement Memorial Fund, there were 117 law
enforcement fatalities in the United States in 2015. Assaults with sharp‐edged weapons …

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 …