The life-saving benefits of body armor have been well-documented, and law enforcement agency (LEA) body armor wear requirements have been cited by police officers as one of the most important reasons for them to wear body armor. However, research on LEAs' policies and practices regarding body armor is scarce. This study examined whether there are different agency-level profiles of various body armor-related policies, and related these body armor policy profiles to agency characteristics, size, location, etc. U.S. LEAs fell into four distinct profiles based on their body armor policies. Close to half of the LEAs had comprehensive coverage of body armor policies in all aspects. However, nearly one in five LEAs had very weak body armor policies in all aspects. The rest of the LEAs split into two groups, each with different strengths and weaknesses on selection, training, fitting, wearing, and inspection policies. Sheriff's offices and smaller LEAs were found to have weaker policies. In contrast, LEAs with a community policing emphasis and those with body armor grants were found to have stronger body armor polices, especially when it comes to mandatory wearing polices. Findings from the study provide a portrait of the current state of LEA body armor policies, and provide guidance for improving LEAs' body armor policies and practices.

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防弹衣的救生好处已有据可查,执法机构 (LEA) 的防弹衣穿着要求已被警察引用为他们穿着防弹衣的最重要原因之一。但是,有关leas关于防弹衣的政策和实践的研究很少。这项研究检查了各种与防弹衣相关的政策是否存在不同的机构级别的配置文件,并将这些防弹衣政策配置文件与机构特征,规模,位置等相关。美国LEAs根据其防弹衣政策分为四个不同的配置文件。近一半的lea在各个方面都全面覆盖了防弹衣政策。但是,近五分之一的lea在各个方面的防弹衣政策都非常薄弱。Lea的其余部分分为两组,每组在选择,培训,装配,穿着和检查政策方面都有不同的优缺点。发现警长办公室和较小的lea的政策较弱。相比之下,以社区警务为重点的lea和拥有防弹衣补助金的lea被发现具有更强的防弹衣政策,尤其是在强制性穿戴政策方面。研究结果提供了LEA防弹衣政策的现状,并为改善leas的防弹衣政策和实践提供了指导。

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