Body Armor Resources

• National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Science and Technology Body Armor Page
  NIJ and its Criminal Justice Testing & Evaluation Consortium (CJTEC) administer a voluntary compliance testing program to assess whether models of ballistic- and stab-resistant body armor comply with NIJ Standards.
• Office of Justice Programs, Office of Communications
  Office of Communications (OCOM) is a key point of contact for the Office of Justice Programs (OJP).
• NIJ Compliance Testing Program
  The Criminal Justice Testing & Evaluation Consortium (CJTEC) administers the NIJ Compliance Testing Program (NIJ CTP), where users can find information about the CTP's for ballistic- and stab-resistant body armor, as well as the Compliant Products List (CPL) for models tested through the NIJ CTP and found to comply with NIJ Standards.
• PoliceArmor.org
  A joint BJA/NIJ website dedicated to vest fit, care, data, standards and updates.
• NIJ Personal Armor Fit Assessment
• NIJ/ASTM Standards Portal

For immediate assistance, please call us toll-free at 1-877-758-3787. You may also reach us by email at vests@usdoj.gov