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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — On Monday afternoon Nueces County constables gathered at the courthouse to get fitted for new bulletproof vests. County commissioners recently approved the purchase for all 53 ...

PARMA HEIGHTS, Ohio -- The Department of Justice reported ballistic-resistant soft body armor has saved the lives of more than 3,000 police officers over the last three decades. That’s why the Parma ...

Allegheny County Housing Authority police Chief Mike Vogel recently paid $1,800 for his bulletproof vest. Through a federally funded grant program enacted by Congress in 1998, he should get a 50% ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — Giles Automotive group has donated 15 bullet proof vests to the Jeanerette Police Department on ...

The Lagos State Security Trust Fund has donated bulletproof vests, ballistic helmets and raincoats to the Lagos State Strategic Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency to strengthen the ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — Seventeen K-9 units with the San Diego County Sheriff's Office now have lightweight bulletproof vests that could make the difference between life and death in the field. Pedro, a ...

San Diego County sheriff’s officials are seeking donations to help equip all the agency’s patrol dogs with bulletproof vests. An initial donation of $30,000 was provided but an additional $32,000 is ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Thousands of bulletproof vests are going to local cops one a week after a detective's life was saved by one. Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced that they would be getting ...