A Glendale Heights K9 officer will receive some extra protection while on the job. The village announced on Monday that K9 ...

Thousands of bullet proof vests are on the way to officers across Kentucky as the state’s attorney general prioritizes an effort that has set a two-year goal.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A Kentucky program has outfitted nearly 2,000 police officers with body armor. Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman's office leads the Body Armor Grant Program.

The 200 vests are part of a 600-unit gift from the Houston Police Foundation to HPD front-line officers following this year's sniper attacks in Dallas and Baton Rouge, La., that killed several ...

PARMA, Ohio -- Brady’s K9 Fund recently donated a new body armor ballistic protection vest to the Parma Police Department for police K9 Beny. While the donation is just one of nearly 80 the ...

Local police may be counting on protective vests that have failed in national tests to stop bullets. The U.S. Department of Justice released a study last week that concluded body armor containing ...

LAKEWOOD, Colo. — Lakewood Police OfficerJon Key never got a chance to get out of his patrol car when he was shot on July 5, 2014. “My vest made a huge difference,” said Key remembering the ...

When he's in the office, St. Clair Police Chief Richard Jefferson makes sure his vest is nearby. If he's out in the field, it's always on. "The chief should have their body armor with them," he said.

Andrew Schuler, a Caseyville police officer, tries on a carrier vest that can hold rifle ballistic armor plates at a tactical gear store in St. Charles on Saturday, July 23, 2016.

WILLISTON, Vt. (WRGB) — The Vermont State Police has collected more than 100 body-armor vests donated by law-enforcement agencies and members of the public since announcing the initiative last week.

On March 9, the Vermont State Police asked for donations of used and expired body-armor vests rated level III or greater that would then be donated to military units in Ukraine.