From the Director: Body Armor Standards Updated to Better Protect Those in the Line of Fire
Date Published
October 22, 2024
Body armor
Updating Body Armor Standards to Protect Police
May 2024
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
Date Published
2009
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Updated Body Armor Standard Takes Aim at New Challenges
Date Published
December 1, 2023
NIJ has released an updated body armor standard to keep up with evolving weapons, improve female officer safety.
Ballistic Resistance of Body Armor (NIJ Standard 0101.07)
Date Published
November 2023
Publication Type
Standard
Agencies
NIJ
Specification for NIJ Ballistic Protection Levels and Associated Test Threats (NIJ Standard 0123.00)
Date Published
November 2023
Publication Type
Standard
Agencies
NIJ
NIJ Ballistic-Resistance Body Armor Standards Updates
Date Published
November 2023
Publication Type
Factsheet
Agencies
NIJ
Prevalence and Determinants of Safety Equipment Use: Analysis from a National Dataset of Law Enforcement Officers in the US
Date Published
2024
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
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
Body Armor Manufacturer Workshop
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 an addendum to the standard. The addendum is available in two versions...
Specification for NIJ Ballistic Protection Levels and Associated Test Threats, NIJ Standard 0123.00
NIJ has released an addendum to the standard. The addendum is available in two versions, each includes the same information:
- Addendum showing changes in red and strikeout text.
- Addendum showing changes in highlighted and strikeout text (this version is fully accessible to users with disabilities).
This addendum includes revisions to NIJ Standard 0123.00, Specification for NIJ Ballistic Protection Levels and...
Embodying Evidence to Action: Tracking the Impact of Three Key NIJ Research Investments
Date Published
August 2023
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ
Embodying Evidence to Action: Tracking the Impact of Three Key NIJ Research Investments
Date Published
August 21, 2023
Summary of the Opening Plenary at the 2023 NIJ Research Conference
Remarks By James K Stewart to the National Criminal Justice Association on Current Institute Priorities and Work Plan, Washington, DC, October 11, 1985
Date Published
1985
Publication Type
Presentation
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Remarks of James K Stewart for the Medal of Valor Ceremony, St Louis, Missouri, November 21, 1985
Date Published
1985
Publication Type
Presentation
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Ballistic Resistance of Police Body Armor - NIJ Standard 0101.03
Date Published
1987
Publication Type
Guideline
Agencies
NIJ
Body Armor User Guide
Date Published
1997
Publication Type
Instructional Material
Agencies
NIJ
Effects of body armor design on upper body range of motion
Date Published
October 2009
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Detection of Early Stages of Degradation on PPTA Fibers Through the Use of Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy
Date Published
August 2019
Publication Type
Thesis/Dissertation
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Assessment of body armor design impacts on user perceptions
Date Published
October 2009
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Non destructive testing of soft body armor
Date Published
2015
Publication Type
Thesis/Dissertation
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Criminal Justice Testing and Evaluation Consortium
2018-75-CX-K003
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2022
$2,900,000
Ballistic Resistant Body Armor and the NIJ Mark
The NIJ Compliance Testing Program’s (NIJ CTP) goal is to improve criminal justice practitioners’ confidence about the products they own and about how those products meet applicable requirements and perform as expected. To achieve this goal, the NIJ CTP must evaluate products independently and communicate the evaluation results to practitioners.
Although the NIJ CTP maintains a list of compliant products for practitioners to reference, additional...
TECHBeat, Fall 2006
Date Published
October 2006
Publication Type
Report (Technical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
NIJ Body Armor Poster
Date Published
May 2022
Agencies
NIJ