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 …

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 …

The widespread adoption of conducted energy devices (CEDs) across American police
departments over the last decade has been mired in public controversy. It is generally …

This report summarizes the effectiveness of mandatory approaches to increase safety belt
usage. The report will be of particular interest to safety practitioners with responsibility for …

Safety belt use among African Americans rose to 77%, a sizable 8-point gain over their use
two years ago. More than a quarter of Blacks who were not using belts in 2000 used them in …

As of January 1, 2013, the more than 12,000 local police departments in the United States
employed an estimated 605,000 persons on a full-time basis (figure 1). This total included …

The survey was conducted as part of the Bureau of Justice Assistance's (BJA's) Preventing
Violence Against Law Enforcement and Ensuring Officer Resilience and Survivability …

Past research concerning the use and nonuse of safety velts has tended to stereotype users
and nonusers as distinct entities on the basis of a single observed situation. The thought …

Our understanding of violence against officers (VAO), including officer-involved shootings
(OIS), is limited. To address these limitations, the authors conducted a nationally …

To assess the impact of safety belt laws, we compared self-reported use of safety belts
among employed residents of states with primary, secondary, and no laws in a group of …