Quick question about body armor statistics

[yy]

anyone know how many police officers are shot each year **in their body armor** ?

I'd also appreciate any tips on where to find this info


I tried the FBI, but only found data on officer deaths, not on injuries. And I suspect almost all handgun shots to the body armor get stopped because their statistics gave deaths (armor penetration) for Rifle round.

appreciate any help guys!!

 

[Luckyorwhat]

http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/183651.pdf

Has good info, is incredibly long, but may have the stats you seek.

 

[sendec]

The NIJ will be your source, specifically the National Law Enforcement Technology Center (NLETC). You will find deaths attributed to handgun rounds, how those deaths are interpreted is still unclear in light of the Zylon controversy. More commonly officers have been killed when wearing armor by rounds that strike a gap in the armor or a completely unprotected area like the head or pelvic girdle.

The FBI UCR stats should have a section on assaults on officers that did not result in death that'll list a mechanism such as knife , firearms, etc.

 

[yy]

Lucky, sendec:

thank you for the tips.


BTW: I dug through FBI's UCR. Incredibly long reports (118 pages for 2001) and lots of tables. It gave me some partil info. Good call guys.

I'm also quoting from a press release by the attorney general's office. That completes my quote search.


Did you know that from 1975 to 2003, body armor saved 2700+ officers according statistics kept by DuPont and International Association of Chiefs of police?

That's a count of 90 officers saved per year over the past 30 years. (They count the ones who come forward and has an exam record certifying the save)

Compare that to FBI's average of 60 officers slain by firearms per year over the past 10 years. 27 of those (on average) were torso hits. Of those 27, 14 wore armor, but the round hit the arm-hole, between panels, and other openings in the armor.

 

[NukemJim]

Did you know that from 1975 to 2003, body armor saved 2700+ officers according statistics kept by DuPont and International Association of Chiefs of police?

I do not know for sure but be carefull with some body armour stats. Some, such as Massod Ayoob (SP?) is listed as a save because he had a car accident while wearing a vest. The ER Doc supposedly said he "could have been killed without it"

NukemJim

 

[Travis McGee]

The next media "discovery" will be that "assault rifles" (like the SKS in GA) shoot high-powered "cop killer bullets" capable of penetrating LEO vests.

Next, they'll try to ban rifle bullets.

 

[Langenator]

Next, they'll try to ban rifle bullets.

The good Senators from Massachusetts already did try.