The purpose of this video is to present the facts on personal body armor: what it is, what it can and cannot protect against, how to select it, and how to wear and care for it properly. In addition, the program depicts how the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) tests and validates body armor and how performance levels are developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Office of Law Enforcement Standards (OLES). The video also describes the NIJ 0101.04 standards for personal body armor. Please note that NIJ has issued new "NIJ 2005 Interim Requirements for Bullet-Resistant Body Armor," effective Sept. 26, 2005.

 

Produced for NIJ by the Center for Educational Technologies. Special thanks to the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center, National Institute of Standards and Technology Office of Law Enforcement Standards, Montgomery County (Md.) Public Safety Training Academy, Baltimore Police Department, Montgomery County (Md.) Police Department, Marshall County (W.Va.) Sheriff's Department, IACP/DuPont Kevlar Survivor's Club and  the body armor manufacturing industry. This video was prepared by the Office of Law Enforcement Technology Commercialization, supported by grant number 98-IJ-CX-K002, awarded by the U.s. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in the video are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official positions or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.