Senior custody officers are set to be issued with body armour after shooting of Matt Ratana at police station Body armour could be given to senior custody officers to better protect force This follows death of Sergeant Matt Ratana was fatally shot at work in September Met Police Commissioner Cressida Dick announced the pilot scheme last month … Read more
Met Police orders all custody sergeants to wear body armour and gives metal detectors to officers on the street after Sgt Matt Ratana was shot dead by ‘handcuffed suspect’ Custody detention officer sergeants now wear armour to speak in first instance Officers on the beat also to be given metal detector wands to help searches Comes … Read more
The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest is one of the two great military humiliations in the glittered history of the Roman Empire. Between 15,000 and 20,000 Roman soldiers and their commanders, led by Publius Quinctilius Varus, a general under the emperor Augustus, were destroyed by Germanic warriors in a series of guerrilla-style attacks. The soldiers … Read more
Flawed body armour tests which could be potentially fatal for Special Forces troops and anti-terrorism units have been ‘ignored for decades’ Research showed plates that met standards could still lead to fatal injuries Could occur if police officers and elite military personnel are shot at close range It follows report into results of experiments on … Read more
The lives of Britain’s elite soldiers and police officers could be at risk from inadequate new body armour, a safety test carried out for The Mail on Sunday has revealed. Safety experts said the result of our experiment on the lightweight polyethylene chest plates, increasingly being rolled out among Special Forces, Royal protection teams and … Read more
The authoritarian president of Belarus made a dramatic show of defiance Sunday against the massive protests demanding his resignation, grabbing an assault rifle and declaring: ‘They’ve run away like rats!’ President Lukashenko wore a bulletproof vest as he strode off a helicopter that landed at his residence while demonstrators massed nearby. It comes as tens … Read more
Lindsey Vonn showcases her athletic figure in Under Armour crop top and leggings during Hollywood Hills stroll By David Lawrance For Dailymail.com Published: 22:00 BST, 8 July 2020 | Updated: 22:16 BST, 8 July 2020 She’s been engaged to fiance P.K. Subban since August last year. But Lindsey Vonn went for a solo stroll on … Read more
A coating to make body armour impervious to bullets, lasers, microbes and even poison gas is being developed in the US from the same material as shrimp shells. Chitin is a robust natural material which forms the shells of crustaceans, protects butterfly wings and is found in mushroom cells. The material is a naturally occurring, and … Read more