24 000 vests purchased based on specification for stab-resistant protective gear. (News Briefs).The specification developed and issued in September 2000 by NIST's Office of Law Enforcement Standards (OLES OLES Office of Law Enforcement Standards OLES On-Line Executive Summit OLES One-Line Element Set ) for the National Institute of Justice (Nil) for stab-resistant personal protective gear is now in use. For the first time, state, county, and local law-enforcement and correction agencies have been able to purchase NIJapproved stab-resistant vests through funding from the Department of Justice (DOJ (Department Of Justice) The legal arm of the U.S. government that represents the public interest of the United States. It is headed by the Attorney General. ) Vest Partnership Program. NIJ Noun 1. NIJ - the law enforcement agency that is the research and development branch of the Department of Justice National Institute of Justice Department of Justice, DoJ, Justice Department, Justice - the United States federal department responsible for is an agency of the DOJ and a principal sponsor of OLES. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the DOJ Office of Justice Programs, about 24000 vests have already been purchased with some 17 000 going to correctional facilities. The NIJ approval process is based on specifications and associated tests developed by OLES. The internal construction of protective vests intended to absorb bullet impact without permitting penetration has not proven to be effective protection from stabbing stab v. stabbed, stab·bing, stabs v.tr. 1. To pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon. 2. To plunge (a pointed weapon or instrument) into something. 3. attack. Officers in correctional facilities in particular face the threat of blades made by inmates from any scrap of suitable metal available. In some countries, stabbing is a more prevalent threat in general society than bullets. The OLES stab-test fixture is a development of work carried out in the United Kingdom by the Police Scientific Development Branch. An article in the June issue of Police Chief a publication of the International Association of Chiefs of Police
The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) was founded in Chicago in 1893 as the National Chiefs of Police Union. , provided the information on the first purchase of stab-resistant vests through the DOJ Program to its wide audience of corrections and public s afety officials. CONTACT: Kirk Rice, (301) 975-8071; kirk.rice@nist.gov. |
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