CHAIN MAIL? TOO heavy. Suits of armor? They rust. Shields? Too unwieldy. The quest for a lightweight but powerful body armor was unfulfilled until a Du Pont chemist whipped up a new batch of ...

Sgt. Victor Roberts, 2nd battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team displays his individual body armor that ended up saving his life while out on a mission. Roberts was shot ...

In the days after the mass shooting at the King Soopers on Table Mesa Drive, everything about Boulder felt off. But the general anxiety and sadness that permeated the city got Trent Bush Jr. thinking.

A gas station owner in the City of Brotherly Love doesn’t mind using excessive force to combat rising crime rates. For what he refers to as “nonsense,” North Philadelphia’s Karco gas station owner ...

When Metropolitan Police Department officer Truong Thai was shot on Oct. 13, a bullet from an AK-47 pistol pierced his bulletproof vest, killing him, Assistant Sheriff Andrew Walsh said in a briefing.

BRIGHTON, Colo. ‒ Bulletproof glass. Security cameras. Panic buttons. As the elected county clerk and recorder in a suburb of Denver, Josh Zygielbaum's days are normally filled with marriages, vehicle ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- A North Carolina law enforcement organization donated a Kevlar vest to the Wake County Sheriffs office in Raleigh Thursday. The Wake County Fraternal Order of Police's donation ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- It's National Police Week. The Chicago Police Memorial Foundation aims to help make sure officers are safe by replacing thousands of bulletproof vests. "Get Behind the Vest" is a ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A new proposal could provide funding for bulletproof vests for peace officers across Louisiana. House Bill 442 would establish a fund of roughly $8.5 million to provide a ...

Besides being known for lyrical talent and music, 50 Cent is also known for a specific style sense. The Queens, New York, rapper made the bulletproof vest his signature attire during the early part of ...