Wearable Bulletproof Vest

Example: There are more than 1,000,000 sworn law enforcement officers now serving in the United States, which is the highest figure ever. About 12 percent of those are female. A total of 1,439 law enforcement officers died in the line of duty during the past 10 years, an average of one death every 61 hours or 144 per year. There were 123 law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty in 2015. An officer not wearing a body armor vest is 14 times more likely to be killed by a firearm than an officer wearing a vest. More than 3,000 police officers' lives have been saved by body armor since the mid-1970s when the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) began testing and developing body armor and performance standards for ballistic and stab resistance. Up to 50% of the police officers that have bullet proof vest refuse to wear them. 

 

Reasons why Law Enforcement don’t wear their bulletproof vest

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• Not easy to wash or in some cases cannot wash vest it loses its ballistic performance because the water acts as a lubricant

• Too Heavy and Too thick

• Too Hot

• Uncomfortable

• Bulletproof vest made with Kevlar are not knife resistant.

• Vest are not properly fitted for women

 

As stated earlier our vest is the only one that can cool the individual’s body down, protect the individual, while taking recording and reporting the wears vital signs. Vest could be filled with a shear Thickening Fluid (STF) liquid body armor. When a force is applied to it, it causes the liquid’s viscosity to increase. The more force you apply, the more viscous the material becomes, so when it’s struck with a high-velocity projectile (like a bullet), the fluid becomes incredibly hard almost instantaneously. Shear Thickening Fluid liquid is lighter, stronger than Kevlar and is capable of stopping bullets fired at 450 meters (or 1,400 feet) per second