… Beyond basic descriptive analyses, this study will: (a) examine LEA body armor-related … We
empirically identified profiles of police agency body armor policies using latent class analysis …

… 2013 and a high of 72 in 2011. One major effort in preventing killings of police officers is
wearing protective body armor. … For the purpose of this research data analysis was condensed to …

… fall into four distinct profiles based on their body armor policies. Close to half of the … data
from responses to both the 2007 and 2013 LEMAS surveys from 724 law enforcement agencies …

… Liu W, Taylor B (2017b) Profiles of law enforcement agency body armor policies—A latent
class analysis of the LEMAS 2013 data. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene …

… Body armor improvements, effectiveness, and requirements have also been examined.
LaTourrette (2010) finds the use of body armor … profile of fatal LEO traffic stop incidents using data …

… Liu W and Taylor B (2017b) Profiles of law enforcement agency body armor policies A
latent class analysis of the LEMAS 2013 data. Journal of Occupational and Environmental …

… Safety and physical protection are a concern for law enforcement officers, police departments…
, the data collection sessions were video- and audio-recorded. The demographic profiles of …

… died, advances in body armor along with mandatory policies to … data so that it would be
representative of all law enforcement … for decades (eg, the BJS LEMAS program) and the field has …

… fall into four distinct profiles based on their body armor policies. Close to … analyzed data
from responses to both the 2007 and 2013 LEMAS surveys from 724 law enforcement agencies …

… To gain practical insight into the discomfort that police officers experience from wearing the
body armor, this study adopted a single case study approach. The case company chosen for …