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An armed British police officer wearing a ballistic vest Stab-Protective Body Armor, Concealable (CSPBA)A stab vest or stab proof vest is a reinforced piece of body armor, worn under or over other items of clothing, which is designed to resist knife attacks to the chest, back and sides. Stab vests are different from bulletproof vests, most of which offer protection against firearms but afford little against stabbing with sharp-tipped objects such as knives; most stab vests afford less protection against bullets, particularly those of high caliber, but are designed to prevent serious injury by prohibiting knife penetration beyond a few millimeters. Stab vests are also needle and slash proof.
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Stab proof vests are standard issue to police officers in both the United Kingdom and New Zealand.[1] They are also commonly worn by paramedics, security staff, traffic wardens, environmental wardens, customs officers, immigration officers, bailiffs, cash in transit officers, door supervisors/bouncers, or anyone who else may be under threat.[citation needed]
Bulletproof vests are more commonly used by police in countries with greater firearms ownership, such as the United States and Canada; but dual-purpose armor plates that protect against both stab and firearms attacks are fairly widely available for police and also security applications.[citation needed]
Standards
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"Ice pick" tests
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In the mid-s the state of California Department of Corrections issued a requirement for a body armor using a commercial ice pick as the test penetrator. The test method attempted to simulate the capacity of a human attacker to deliver impact energy with their upper body. As was later shown, this test overstated the capacity of human attackers. The test used a drop mass or sabot that carried the ice pick. Using gravitational force, the height of the drop mass above the vest was proportional to the impact energy. This test specified 109 joules (81 ft·lbf) of energy and a 7.3 kg (16 lb) drop mass with a drop height of 153 cm (60 in) and an ice pick with a 4 mm (0.16 in) diameter with a sharp tip with a 5.4 m/s (18 ft/s) terminal velocity in the test. The California standard did not include knife or cutting edge weapons in the test protocol. In this early phase only titanium and steel plate offerings were successful in addressing this requirement.
These textile materials do not have equal performance with cutting-edge threats and these certifications were only with ice picks and were not tested with knives.
United Kingdom
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The Police Scientific Development Branch (PSDB) work studied the type of weapons that are commonly used in stabbing attacks and the levels of impact energy fit young men are capable of generating during such an attack. The study resulted in minimum performance ratings for armour used in the UK, as defined under PSDB publication 6/99. The PSDB standard was replaced in with the current Home Office Scientific Development Branch (HOSDB) publication No. 39/07/C which governs stab resistant body armor performance in the UK. This updated standard introduced a more stringent testing procedure with more drops than the previous standard plus the introduction of the P1/B Blade which is found to be more aggressive that the older P1/A Blade.[2]
In the UK there are no standalone ratings for spike resistance. For stab resistant armor to carry a spike resistance (SP) rating in the UK, it must first pass minimum knife resistance (KR) performance tests.
United States
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In the US, the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) has established a stab-resistant body armor test standard (NIJ STD .00),[3] based on the work in the UK, which defines two threat types: spike and edged blade.
Manufacturers of body armor can voluntarily submit armor models for compliance testing through the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center in Rockville, Maryland. Through the program, manufacturers certify that their armor will defeat the specified threat at one of three threat levels. Threat levels 1, 2 and 3 are based on impact energies of 24 J (18 ft&#;lbf), 33 J (24 ft&#;lbf), and 43 J (32 ft&#;lbf) joules respectively.
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This article incorporates work from https://peosoldier.army.mil/newpeo/Equipment/Temp.asp?id=SPE_CSPBA, which is in the public domain as it is a work of the United States Military.
If you feel you need body armor to keep safe, you need to be sure that you are choosing body armor that fits your specific needs. Some armor is made to be stab and/or spike resistant, while others are made to be bulletproof.
If a vest has stab protection, it may not be bulletproof. Equally, a bulletproof vest may offer no protection to bladed weapons. Furthermore, a vest that is bullet and edged blade resistant may not offer protection against spiked weapons.
If your area is prone to gun crime, you may wish to purchase ballistic protection. However, if guns are not a threat, knife or spike protection may be more suitable. For example, if you work within a prison, it is unlikely that an inmate will shoot you. However, a prisoner may create and use an improvised shank or knife against you.
If you feel you may face a dangerous situation involving a gun, you may want to purchase a covert bulletproof vest. The vest will protect you from small ammunition fire and remain undetected.
If you feel you may encounter a knife attack, you should consider a stab-proof vest. Our stab-proof vests offer a different type of protection compared to our bulletproof vests. Stab-resistant material is used to protect the body&#;s vital organs from injury from bladed attacks- some vests also protect against spike threats. When someone stabs an individual, they tend to stab in the abdominal area of the body. Therefore, stab-resistant body armor stops a knife from passing through it, saving the wearer from injury.
If you are purchasing body armor, you should carefully consider the threats in your environment, and decide which protection levels are suitable for your needs.
If you fear both knives and guns threats, many of our vests offer protection to both ballistic and stab threats. Some of our body armor also offers bullet, edged blade, and spike protection. These types of vests will protect you against a wide range of threats.
Regardless of the type of body armor you choose to buy, you need to be sure that you get the right size, and consider the color of the vest carefully. If you work in a job that requires you to wear a uniform to work each day, you should buy a vest that matches the colors of the uniform. This can allow the vest to remain undetected, whilst offering protection that you need to stay safe.
If you are a woman, you should order specially made female ballistic vests, designed with a woman&#;s body shape in mind.
Bulletproof, stab-proof, and spike-proof vests are lightweight and easy to wear. The vests will allow you to carry on with your normal activities without worrying about feeling bogged down or uncomfortable. They also feature adjustable straps and are made with breathable materials that allow the body to stay cool inside the vest.
It is important to wear the vest each time you face a dangerous situation, to keep you as safe as possible at all times.
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