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On August, 24, 2005, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Zylon-containing body armor may not provide sufficient ballistic resistance, thereby seriously compromising officer safety. As a result, the DOJ issued Body Armor Standard Advisory Notice #01-2005, alerting the field about their findings. Scrutiny of Zylon-based body armor stemmed from the shooting of a police officer who was seriously injured when a bullet penetrated his body armor. Following this armor failure, the DOJ National Institute of Justice (NIJ) initiated a review to determine potential causes of the armor’s failure. In response to these findings, Assistant Attorney General Regina Schofield, who heads the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), and Domingo Herraiz, Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), asked the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) to rapidly assemble information regarding the use of Zylon-based body armor.
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