Female police officers 'should get bulletproof bras'
Female police officers on the front line in Britain should be issued with "bulletproof bras", police leaders have said.
By Richard Edwards, Crime Correspondent
Published: 6:53PM BST 15 Aug 2008
The new underwear was developed by the Bundespolizei in Germany to provide complete undercover protection.
The officers' normal bulletproof vests, while stopping the force of gunshots in an attack, pushed the plastic and metal parts of their underwear into their flesh, causing injury.
Julie Nesbit, chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales' Central Constables' Committee, called for the sports-bra style agrment to be introduced in the UK....