To make sure that the body armour worn by the UK police protects them from ... but officers ended up leaving the bulky and hot vests on the back seat of their police cars rather than wearing ...

West Mercia Police is to spend £1m on protective body armour for its officers. Nearly 3,000 officers will be given the new vest which is designed to protect against bullet and stab injuries. About 20 ...

Alleged pro-Brexit campaigners wearing yellow vests have clashed with police outside Parliament calling them ‘scum’. Footage, believed to be filmed on Saturday afternoon, shows the ...

Now, Canto’s force, West Mercia Police is one of the first in the UK to equip its working dogs with body armour. All of the force’s 40 canines will each get their own custom-made vest ...

A police officer has been charged with assault during a UK “yellow vest” demonstration in London. PC Connor Pennery, 27, is accused of common assault at a protest in Haymarket on 16 February.

The dogs are based in the West Mercia police force area, which covers Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Shropshire. They have been given protective gear to stop severe wounding in future attacks.

The victim of a horrific Frankland jail assault is campaigning for all UK prison staff to ... to carry Taser guns like police officers, who were given anti-stab vests in 1994.

Instead, “yellow vests” defied a wave of police violence ... strikes of German and Turkish metalworkers, of UK and French railway workers, and waves of protests in Iran and Tunisia all ...

Mr. Lemay said: "We could have available for officers a very light vest which officers would wear to protect themselves from knives and bullets.'' He added UK Police forces and Bermuda already ...

Organisers from The People's Assembly Against Austerity described Saturday's march as the arrival in the UK of the "yellow vests" movement ... France put 80,000 police officers on duty to cope ...

The photograph, showing the man wearing only a stab-proof vest while using a police hat to cover his genitals, first emerged in May 2020 and has been re-shared on Twitter this week. Merseyside ...