WASHINGTON, March 30, 2015
/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Justice's Office
of Justice Programs (OJP) today announced the launch of a new
resource for law enforcement and corrections officers when
seeking information on high-quality, life-saving equipment.
PoliceArmor.org, a product of OJP's Bureau of Justice
Assistance (BJA) and National Institute of Justice (NIJ) features
news and information on body armor that meets the standards set
forth by NIJ. It is a resource provided by the people who
write the standards, test the products and promote officer safety.
It is a one-stop resource for body armor information.
PoliceArmor.org is hosted by NIJ's National Law
Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center and offers
information on how to select, purchase, wear, and care for body
armor. It also highlights NIJ's Compliance Testing
Program and the importance of wearing protective vests and includes
accounts of officers' surviving potentially deadly assaults.
BJA administers a variety of federally-funded programs designed
to improve the safety of law enforcement and corrections
officers. One of those programs, The Bulletproof Vest
Partnership Grant Act of 1998 provides federal funds to state and
local jurisdictions to purchase vests. NIJ manages a voluntary
compliance testing programs to ensure that the personal body armor
sold to law enforcement agencies across the United States performs effectively.
For more information, contact asknlectc@justnet.org. The Office
of Justice Programs, headed by Assistant Attorney General
Karol V. Mason, provides federal
leadership in developing the nation's capacity to prevent and
control crime, administer justice, and assist victims. OJP has six
bureaus and offices: the Bureau of Justice Assistance; the Bureau
of Justice Statistics; the National Institute of Justice; the
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention; the Office
for Victims of Crime; and the Office of Sex Offender Sentencing,
Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART). More
information about OJP and its components can be found at
www.ojp.gov
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SOURCE Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs