The Search for Protection by Steven A. Young Construction workers have hard hats. Police have ballistic armor.
Factory workers have safety shoes.
The number of people incarcerated in prison systems throughout the U.S. is on the rise. And the assaults against officers are many. In the wake of a fatal stabbing in July, New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman responded to calls for protective armor for the state's correction of ricers. The need is apparent. Combining ballistic materials with metal inserts doesn't provide the wearability and flexibility that's needed.