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Florida authorities have apprehended a robbery suspect they say opened fire on a deputy in the Florida Keys Saturday night.
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"The Rhino is an articulated armor survivability system that provides the wearer reduced trauma associated to impacts from various handgun, shotgun, and rifle threats." Phalanx CEO James Coats says. "Being articulated and also incorporating Phalanx’s ultra-lightweight ballistic technology, the armor is able to be positioned to provide protection over more critical areas of the body."
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Safariland's mission statement, #TogetherWeSaveLives, is what the company stands for. Living Proof is a tribute to officers who put their lives on the line to protect others.
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The TacVent achieves separation of the armor from the wearer's body with space rather than material, using a corrugated panel of soft, rubbery plastic comprised of vented, vertical grooves. This panel pushes the armor away from the body by a half inch, which allows heat to escape from the torso and flow upward, uninhibited and out of the vest. Shelton says this effect cools the wearer's body surface by up to 14.5 degrees.
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A Delaware County, Pa., police officer's life was saved by the U.S. Armor ballistic vest he was wearing when police say an armed man shot him early Sunday morning.
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Blauer's popular ArmorSkin outer vest recently got a tactical makeover. The new ArmorSkin TacVest takes the affordability and comfort of the original uniform-styled ArmorSkin and adds the tactical versatility of MOLLE webbing and reinforced shoulder pads.
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Take a look at this armor and consider taking it with you on your next SWAT callout.
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The Trauma Reduction and Unrivalled Shock Technology (TRUST) Vest represents an evolution of the D3O offering. Combining new materials and technologies, this protective undergarment features a lightweight, low-profile base layer of blunt trauma protection.
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Next to training and modern medicine, the single most important factor in the increased survivability of today's police officer is this modern version of the chainmail worn into combat for centuries by warriors. Back then no clear-thinking fighter would have been caught dead without his mail under his tunic, so what is our excuse?
Read More →Of the 46 officers killed by firearms in 2014, 11 were not wearing bullet-resistant vests. During the same period, 10 of 28 officers killed in vehicle accidents were not wearing seat belts. Six of the 10 auto accident victims, according to the FBI report, were ejected from their vehicles during the crashes.
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