A Buffalo, New York-based businesswoman is collecting bulletproof vests through her charity to help protect Ukrainian soldiers and civilians who are offering humanitarian aid.

To Captains of Police: GENERAL ORDER, No. 28.--The Board of Police has adopted new shields for Captains, Sergeants and Patrolmen of the force, which are to supersede those now in use, on and after ...

New York's attorney general on Monday pledged $3.5 million from criminal and civil forfeitures to help outfit police statewide with thousands of bulletproof vests.

A New York lawmaker is attempting to pass legislation that would ban law-abiding citizens from possessing bulletproof vests.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) --A new bill introduced to City Council on Monday would require the city to provide new bulletproof vests for New York police officers. Councilman Mark Levine, who sponsors ...

New York state lawmakers plan to introduce legislation that would require law-enforcement vehicles statewide to be equipped with bulletproof glass, a measure intended to help protect police from ...

New York state will soon receive more than $800,000 in federal funding to purchase thousands of new bulletproof vests for police officers across the state, according to U.S. Senators Charles ...

Now a team at Brigham Young University (BYU) has created a lightweight bulletproof shield inspired by a Yoshimura origami crease pattern.

The Police Foundation first began giving cops vests in the 1970s, a time of fiscal crisis for New York City and a period when officers were being shot at, said foundation CEO Susan Birnbaum.

NEW YORK-- Six people are recovering after gunfire erupted at a Bronx convenience store on Monday afternoon. One of those victims, a mother, was used as a human shield, the New York City Police ...