Garments for anti-ballistic protection

Description

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) is legally bound under health and safety legislation to continually assess officers and support staff safety and operational risk in respect of their protective equipment. Internal research conducted within PSNI has identified the need to re-design the current the technical specification for body armour to meet operational and health and safety requirements. Given the nature of policing within Northern Ireland, any Police Officer can be directed to undertake frontline operational duties when they are required to wear some form of body armour, depending on the nature of their duty and the threat level at that time. Therefore any purchase of body armour by PSNI is made specifically to protect officers and support staff from the potential impact of a gunshot or knife attack which could possibly lead to injury or a threat to life. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) is legally bound under health and safety legislation to continually assess officers and support staff safety and operational risk in respect of their protective equipment. Internal research conducted within PSNI has identified the need to re-design the current the technical specification for body armour to meet operational and health and safety requirements. Given the nature of policing within Northern Ireland, any Police Officer can be directed to undertake frontline operational duties when they are required to wear some form of body armour, depending on the nature of their duty and the threat level at that time. Therefore any purchase of body armour by PSNI is made specifically to protect officers and support staff from the potential impact of a gunshot or knife attack which could possibly lead to injury or a threat to life. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) is legally bound under health and safety legislation to continually assess officers and support staff safety and operational risk in respect of their protective equipment. Internal research conducted within PSNI has identified the need to re-design the current the technical specification for body armour to meet operational and health and safety requirements. Given the nature of policing within Northern Ireland, any Police Officer can be directed to undertake frontline operational duties when they are required to wear some form of body armour, depending on the nature of their duty and the threat level at that time. Therefore any purchase of body armour by PSNI is made specifically to protect officers and support staff from the potential impact of a gunshot or knife attack which could possibly lead to injury or a threat to life.