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Only 59 Percent of Police Agencies Require Officers to Wear Body Armor, Survey Shows

September 23, 2009 | National News

From the Police Executive Research Forum   

Washington, DC - Nearly all law enforcement agencies report that they provide body armor to their officers, but only 59 percent of the agencies require their officers to wear body armor at least some of the time, according to a new report by the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), a Washington, D.C.-based police research and consulting organization.

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