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Selection and Application Guide to Personal Body Armor: NIJ Guide 100-01. Updated ed.
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Selection and Application Guide to Personal Body Armor: NIJ Guide 100-01. Updated ed.
Publication year:
2001
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: A guide to selecting body armor for corrections officers, as well as law enforcement officers, is presented. Eleven sections comprise this manual: overview; a history of body armor; the need to wear body armor; body armor construction; the NIJ standards; ballistic-resistant personal body armor; stab-resistant personal body armor; armor selection; purchasing body armor; maintaining body armor; and administrative considerations. Appendixes include: resource list; 25 questions and answers about personal body armor; the effect of body armor on the risk of fatality in felonious assaults on police officers; model procurement specifications; and body armor inspection sheet.