Effects of police body armour on overmatching ballistic injury
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DOI: 10.1007/s00414-019-02070-9
Abstract: Overmatching occurs when body armour that has been designed to resist perforation by a specified projectile is perforated by a greater threat. This may result in wounding to the body armour wearer. In this work,… read more here.
Keywords: effects police; overmatching ballistic; body armour; armour overmatching ... See more keywords
A Quasi-Experimental Evaluation of the Effects of Police Body-Worn Cameras (BWCs) on Response-to-Resistance in a Large Metropolitan Police Department
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DOI: 10.1080/01639625.2016.1248711
Abstract: ABSTRACT The current study provides a statistically rigorous program evaluation of the impact of police body-worn cameras (BWCs) on police response-to-resistance (e.g., use of force). Results indicate that BWC officers’ mean frequency of response-to-resistance decreased… read more here.
Keywords: worn cameras; response; body worn; response resistance ... See more keywords