Body Armor Upgrades for Active Shooter Events

摘要

Our columnist, Steve Smith, has documented school attacks dating back over 250 years. Not until the 1950s did we see such attacks being performed with firearms. In the mid-1960s we saw our first siege event on an American campus. In the late 1990s the Columbine active shooter event was viewable live on television via satellite coverage. Since 1999, after a public outcry about law enforcement response tactics, we in uniform have been training for a more immediate response to an active shooter attack. Make no mistake: this is a high risk event and, as such, we need to prepare ourselves as much as possible with both training and equipment. One equipment need that has been identified is higher threat level body armor.