DOJ: Body Armor
Standards
[Posted 07/24/2008]
The
law enforcement community has had some longstanding
concerns about the protective capacity of body
armor. For example, in 2003, a police officer in
Pennsylvania was severely injured when his body
armor vest failed during a shooting. The Body Armor
Safety Initiative was launched following that
incident. The Department of Justice (DOJ) is
promoting new performance standards for
body armor to test effectiveness under diverse
environmental and situational variables. These
standards ensure that body armor has minimum
ballistic and stab resistance and can function under
extreme wear and tear, heat, humidity, etc.
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