2015/05/06 Council Agenda Packet

OW Bulletproof Vest Partnership and the Body Armor Safety Initiative: Home Page Page 1 of-2 �`G ��%t1 U.S.Oe�arlmenl of/asliee ..,, r - - 7.7.",:t. i.: ''...2- i-r .. "sc;ti '-- \;• —( ,�. i) BullelpwalVest Partnership/BadyQrmor Safety Initiative Notice:Critical Program Information(C e.) Home Login Site Map I Contact Us IulietQraa,Vest , ParblersAii0, Bulletproof Vest Partnership Body Armor Safety Initiative i4,4i � The Bulletproof Vest Partnership Body Armor Safety Initiative - An -ram...' (BVP), created by the Bulletproof Vest Initiative of U.S.Department of Justice. PROGRAM RESOURCES. P Partnership Grant Act of 1998 is a a- In response to concerns from the law t OTHER RESOURCE ~-• „`a" unique U.S. Department of Justice `1� p ,«= q p enforcement community, the Department FAQs initiative designed to provide a critical of Justice(DOJ)announced an initiative to resource to state and local law enforcement. address the reliability of body armor used by law ',� maAr," `*r.:. enforcement personnel and to examine the future of - t; . ONE MILLION BVP VESTS:Since 1999,the BVP bullet-resistant technology and testing. As part of this NEWS program has awarded more than 13,000 jurisdictions, initiative, the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) has CURRENTACTPIITIES a total of $393 million in federal funds for the examined Zylon®-based bullet-resistant vests(both new purchase of over one million vests (1,197,348 as of and used) and is reviewing the process by which bullet- , OFFICIAL STATEMENTS December, 2014). BVP is a critical resource for state resistant vests are certified. and local jurisdictions that saves lives. Based on data •'SUMMIT INFORMATION • collected and recorded byBJA staff, in FY 2012, Current National Institute of Justice Body BODY ARMOR RESOURCES protective vests were directly attributable to saving the Armor Standard 0101.06 FAQs lives of at least 33 law enforcement and corrections • officers,in 20 different states,an increase 13.7%over NEW 10-24-13:NIJ Advisory Notice FY 2011. At least 14 of those life-saving vests had" ' "- ' _-; been purchased,in part,with BVP funds. • Safariland,LLC Models BA-2000S-HP02F and BA-2000S-SX01F New: The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is • American Body Armor Models BA-2000S-HP02F pleased to announce the Fiscal Year(FY)2015 BVP and BA-2000S-SX01F application funding period.Applications for FY 2015 • Second Chance Models BA-2000S-HP02F BVP funds will be accepted beginning April 1, 2015.All applications must be submitted online by Body Armor Labels:When In Doubt....Check 6:00 pm(Eastern Time),May 13,2015. It Out(Click here for additional information) The complete list of FY 2014 BVP awards can be viewed here. Closed NIJ Advisory Notices and Safety Notices - ' The complete list of FY 2013 BVP awards can be viewed here. Previous National Institute of Justice Body Documentation Requirement: Grantees are Armor Alerts - required to keep documentation to support the BVP vest application and payment requests for at least a 8-4-14:NIJ Advisory Notice three year period. • - Force One Model ASL2 Other Federal Funds: Justice Assistance Grant (JAG)funds or other federal funding sources may not 6-28-13:NIJ Advisory Notice be used to pay for that portion of the bullet proof vest (50%)that is not covered by BVP funds.JAG or other ' Safariland,model 2220-1 • federal funds may be used to purchase vests for an 6-13-13: NIJ Advisory Notice agency, but they may not be used as the 50% match for BVP purposes. • Pacific Safety Products Inc.Ballistic Body Armor Model 06UG2A8H NEW! UPDATED Mandatory Wear FAQs , 4-17-2013:NIJ Safety Notice Following two years of declining law enforcement officer line-of-duty deaths, the country realized a • Point Blank Body Armor,model CB-S2-BII dramatic 37 percent increase in officer deaths in • Point Blank Body Armor.model CB-S3-BIIIA-2 2010.Fifty-nine of the 160 officers killed in 2010 were shot during violent encounters;a 20 percent increase National Institute of Justice Body Armor Safety over 2009 numbers. The U.S. Department of Justice Initiative Website is committed to improving officer safety and has undertaken research to review and analyze violent Body Armor Safety Initiative Archive encounters and law enforcement officer deaths and injuries. Due to the increase in the number of law enforcement officer deaths,coupled with our renewed efforts to improve officer safety, beginning with FY All media contacts should be directed to the Office of 2011,in order to receive BVP funds,jurisdictions must Justice Programs.Office of Communications. certify, during the application process, that all law enforcement agencies benefitting from the BVP Program have a written "mandatory wear" policy in effect. This policy must be in place for at least all uniformed officers before any FY 2011 funding can be • 168 http://ojp.gov/bvpbasi/ 4/24/2015