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Volume 15
August 2017 Edition
Despite Massive Investment in New Body
Armor, New York State Police Remain
Vulnerable to their Biggest Threat
Written by Scott Sulzbach, Director of Global Sales and Mar-
keting at Buffalo Armory
Despite the two rounds of high-powered ammunition most
frequently confiscated by New York State Police, the armor
purchased by the NYSP will not protect a single officer from
a single bullet fired from an AR-15.
While some threats are more difficult to
predict and protect against, others are well
known.
It doesn’t take more than a passing glance
at the headlines to understand that cops the
world over face new and evolving threats.
From weaponizing vehicles to the proliferation
of military-grade arms, police from Plattsburgh
to Paris are scrambling to prepare and protect
themselves in a dangerous new world.
(Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner James
O’Neill update New Yorkers on the NYPD police officer who
was shot today (8/10) in Brooklyn. The police officer is in