Concealable Armor News & Articles

• Don't get bit: Arm guards protect from bites, slashes

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  Fabric reduces risk of injury and infections by 95 percent

• S.C. officer stabbed multiple times by 2 death row inmates

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  Corrections1 staffCOLUMBIA, S.C. — Two notorious Death Row inmates in South Carolina stabbed a corrections officer Wednesday morning with a makeshift metal weapon at Lieber Correctional Institution...

• Tips for transporting combative/non-compliant suspects

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  Q: What is the best way to extract an uncooperative/assaultive suspect from the backseat of a squad car? A: There is no easy answer for how to get a non-compliant/resisting/assaultive prisoner out ...

• Second life for expired vest

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  Rather than throw away my recently expired ballastic vest, I had "POLICE" patches sewn on the front & back. The vest is kept in the trunk of my personal car. When off-duty, I now have a ballastic v...

• Concealable Body Armor — Proper Fit, Care, and Maintenance

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  Contributed by U.S. Armor Body armor is one of the most important investments you and your agency will ever make in helping protect you. To get the most out of your body armor, it is important to m...

• Getting the most use out of departmental equipment

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  Video:Broadband Dialup Download Windows Media PlayerIn this week’s Police1 Video Tip, Training Officer Gary Monreal from New Berlin (WI) PD shares a way for agencies to ensure that protective equip...

• The Virtual Blade

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  Video: Broadband Dialup Download Windows Media Player In this week's Police1 Video Tactical Tip, P1 Trainer Gary Klugiewicz explains the benefits of using a "Virtual Blade" during edged weapons tra...

• NIJ Body Armor Standard Advisory Notice #01-2005

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  EFFECTIVE DATE:  AUGUST 24, 2005SUBJECT: Poly-p-phenylene benzobisoxazole (PBO or Zylon®) The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) hereby advises that it has identified poly-p-phenylene benzobisoxaz...

• NIJ Body Armor Safety Initiative Status Report Executive Summary

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  Third Status Report to the Attorney General on Body Armor Safety Initiative Testing and Activities Executive Summary On November 17, 2003, Attorney General John Ashcroft announced the U.S. Departme...

• Zylon vests fail to stop bullets 58 percent of time in government tests

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  Full NIJ Report: Third Status Report to the Attorney General on Body Armor Safety Initiative Testing and Activities (PDF File) By MARK SHERMANAssociated Press Writer WASHINGTON- Bullets fired in go...

• Southern States P.B.A. Settles Point Blank Body Armor Lawsuit

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  As part of a court approved agreement, Southern States P.B.A. and associated plaintiffs today announced a preliminary settlement with Point Blank Body Armor, Inc. in connection with a class-action ...

• Improved Body Armor On the Way

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  By Sarah Hofius, USA TODAY Lightweight, flexible body armor that looks like dragon scales and is more comfortable to wear than today''s bulletproof vests could be available within two years. The ar...