Abstract Using the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Law Enforcement Officers Killed and
Assaulted Program (LEOKA), this article examines law enforcement officers feloniously …

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 …

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 …

In the past several years, there are many areas of concern about working the streets of
Texas. The state of Texas has lost numerous officers to violence on the streets due to …

ABSTRACT Using the Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted (LEOKA; 2002–2011)
database, we examined the life-saving effectiveness of body armor while adjusting for a …

Incident data encompass time of occurrence (year, month, day, and time of day), geographic
locations (State and region), injuries sustained, incident circumstances, and a comparison …

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 …

Abstract The Survivors' Club is composed of those officers who have survived potentially
fatal and/or disabling injuries through the use of personal body armor of any brand or …

[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 …

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 …