Body armor
Death on Patrol: Killings of American Law Enforcement Officers
Death on Patrol: Felonious Homicides of American Police Officers
Old Armor Tests as Good as New
Update on Technology Research
Advancing Justice for the Missing and Unidentified Through Research - 2024 NIJ Research Conference
Forensic science research is developing essential knowledge to fill in the holes in death investigations, creating new ways to identify challenging skeletal remains. These methods inform cause of death, time of death, and familial relationships to guide investigations, identify suspects, support prosecutions, and bring justice to families.
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Updating Body Armor Standards to Protect Police
A bullet can strike a police officer in a blink, so their body armor must be proven to work. Feeling more under fire than ever, the law enforcement community is raising the standards for ballistic-resistant police body armor to stop more rifle bullets, like those often used by active shooters, in an effort led by OJP’s National Institute of Justice.
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Methodology for Detecting Residual Phosphoric Acid in Polybenzoxazole Fibers
Ballistic Resistance of Body Armor (NIJ Standard 0101.07)
Specification for NIJ Ballistic Protection Levels and Associated Test Threats (NIJ Standard 0123.00)
NIJ Ballistic-Resistance Body Armor Standards Updates
Prevalence and Determinants of Safety Equipment Use: Analysis from a National Dataset of Law Enforcement Officers in the US
Stab Resistance of Personal Body Armor, NIJ Standard-0115.00
The purpose of this standard is to establish minimum performance requirements and methods of test for the stab resistance of personal body armor intended to protect the torso against slash and stab threats. This standard is based on technical work performed by many organizations: in the United Kingdom by the Police Scientific Development Branch, and...
Ballistic Resistance of Body Armor, NIJ Standard 0101.07
NIJ’s online workshop for body armor manufacturers has been postponed from its original date of March 19. The webinar will provide updates on standards and conformity assessment activities related to ballistic-resistant body armor and include opportunities to ask questions.
NIJ has released two addenda to the standard. These addenda include revisions to NIJ Standard...
Specification for NIJ Ballistic Protection Levels and Associated Test Threats, NIJ Standard 0123.00
NIJ has released two addenda to the standard. These addenda include revisions to NIJ Standard 0123.00, Specification for NIJ Ballistic Protection Levels and Associated Test Threats. Users of NIJ Standard 0123.00 should incorporate the revisions in this addendum as a part of the NIJ Standard.
NIJ plans to continue close coordination with ballistics laboratories and other stakeholders during the implementation...