Fremont police officers are now using a new vest ... The new MOLLE (Modular Lightweight Load-carrying Equipment), or load-bearing vest, will allow officers to carry equipment usually on their ...

Hueytown police are switching from utility belts to load-bearing vests, one of the first departments in Alabama to do so. HUEYTOWN, Alabama - The Hueytown Police Department is fashion - and ...

Officers with the Carmel police department now have load-bearing vests. Carmel Police Officers show off newly-purchased tactical vests aimed at improving their health on the job. (Photo provided ...

The use of load-bearing vests is migrating from troops to cops ... to reduce the risk of developing musculoskeletal injuries. Now, officers at police departments from Chicago to New York are ...

Police say patrol officers carry 20-25 pounds of gear when on the job, and two years ago, the department switched from their traditional utility belts to load bearing vests. “The belts added a ...

Our viewer, who only wanted to be identified as a Reno Police officer, wants to know why RPD has not authorized or purchased the new load bearing vests that are designed to put less stress on ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — All 1,050 patrol officers with the Austin Police Department will soon have exterior load-bearing vests to hold the majority of their tools, rather than a duty belt. APD designed ...

Eight patrol officers at the Bismarck Police Department will be testing external load-bearing vests to see how viable they are in reducing stress on the lower back and hips caused by the weight of ...

The 78th and 79th Wichita Falls police academies got load-bearing protection vests on Tuesday through the Shield616 program. The vests, which can protect officers from rifle fire, were made ...

A knife blade protruding from a police protective vest in December ... of petite female officers were left with the old load bearing vests which do not give protection. “It became very apparent ...

Officers with the Carmel police department now have load-bearing vests. “Law enforcement officers carry more equipment than ever,” Hamilton County Health Department Public Health Preparedness ...