CARMEL, Ind. (WISH) — While most on-the-job risks to police officers can happen in an instant, a new wardrobe addition for one local department aims to ease lesser-known, long-term dangers, too.

Hanover Borough Police Department officers have started wearing new load-bearing vests. The vests redistribute the weight of equipment from the hips and lower back to the torso. This change aims to ...

Xenia police officers will begin wearing a new load-bearing vest that should help with added strain to officers’ hips and lower back. Contributed / Xenia Police Department Dayton Dragons to rename ...

Hanover's local police officers will have a new look while on patrol, thanks to a recent initiative led by the department's rank-and-file. New customized, load-bearing vests recently entered service ...