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In this interview, Deanna Rivard discusses how agencies can get help funding body armor, work on improving the fit of body armor and the importance of wearing it.
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Each year, 100-200 law enforcement officers die in the line of duty. Last year, 177 lost their lives — a 16-percent increase from 2010. As Attorney General Eric Holder noted, this is a devastating and unacceptable trend. NIJ has developed a robust research portfolio to improve officer safety and wellness and, ultimately, save lives. This panel discussed some of NIJ's most promising work to reduce shooting and traffic-related fatalities — consistently the leading causes of officer line-of-duty deaths — and improve officer wellness, which is inextricably linked with officer safety.
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View a list of compliant armor provided by the Criminal Justice Testing & Evaluation Consortium. The list is updated whenever new armor is found compliant with NIJ Standard-0115.00 for stab resistance.
You also can find armor that complies with NIJ's ballistic resistance standard on this same site.
Advisory Notices. If any potential or confirmed safety concerns arise after a model has been posted to this list, we...
