The first documented and recorded instance of a US law enforcement officer being saved as
a result of having worn a concealable ballistic vest occurred in May 1973 in Detroit. When …

Law-enforcement officers increasingly wear body armour for protection; wearing body
armour is common practice in military populations. Law-enforcement and military …

Officers who are shot wearing personal body armor are significantly protected from major
injury. However, both perforation of the vest with penetrating trauma and backface blunt …

Policing duties may inherently be dangerous due to stab, blunt trauma and ballistic threats.
The addition of individual light armor vests (ILAVs) has been suggested as a means to …

Despite female soldiers representing a growing user population, military body armour
systems are currently better suited to the anthropometric dimensions of male soldiers. The …

A study was conducted in which 11 police officers wore one of three different types of
Individual Light Armour Vests (ILAV), or normal station wear, for an entire day while …

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 …

At the present time, police forces across Canada and USA do not follow any common
guidelines on the safe life expectancy of personal body armour because no such guidelines …

Abstract Design and development of contemporary military body armour has traditionally
focused primarily on male soldiers. As the anthropometric body dimensions of male and …

For much of the past century, mounted maneuver forces experienced urban combat as an
unwelcome deviation from an otherwise comprehensive mission set. Too often, doctrine …