CHICAGO (WLS) -- It's National Police Week. The Chicago Police Memorial Foundation aims to help make sure officers are safe by replacing thousands of bulletproof vests. "Get Behind the Vest" is a ...

Tawnya Panizzi Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025 6:00 a.m. | Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025 6:00 a.m. Allegheny County Housing Authority police Chief Mike Vogel recently paid $1,800 for his bulletproof vest. Through a ...

Congressman Ted W. Lieu has announced that the City of Santa Monica was awarded funds under the Department of Justice's (DOJ) bulletproof vest program. The total award is in the amount of $9,296.38 ...

PARMA, Ohio -- For roughly a decade, the Parma Police Department has received funds from the Patrick Leahy Bulletproof Vest Partnership grant. That streak continues this year, with the department ...

NORTH OLMSTED, Ohio -- The North Olmsted Police Department is planning to modernize its patrol officer bulletproof vests. “Our SWAT members already had them; however, there were manufacturer defects ...

The event opened its doors on Sunday at 8 a.m. and will close at noon at Saint John Fisher School in Beverly. Over the past ten years, the event has raised more than $600,000 to help purchase nearly ...

CHICAGO — The flapjack will be flipping at Ald. Matt O’Shea’s (19th) at the “Get Behind The Vest” Pancake Breakfast,” Sunday, Feb. 23. Pancakes will be served all morning from 8 a.m. to noon at St.

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