Dear Mr Rennison
 
I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act (OIA) request,
transferred to NZ Police by the Ministry of Justice on 2 May 2020.

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Kind regards
Ministerial Services
PNHQ

-----"Andrew Rennison" <[FOI #12761 email]>
wrote: -----
To: "OIA/LGOIMA requests at New Zealand Police"
<[New Zealand Police request email]>
From: "Andrew Rennison" <[FOI #12761 email]>
Date: 02/05/2020 03:33PM
Subject: Official Information request - Capabilities of Body Armour System
(BAS)

Dear New Zealand Police,
I am inquiring in regards to Body Armour System (BAS) which is currently
being introduced to Armed Offender Squads (AOS), Armed Response Teams
(ART), and eventually to all Police Officers nationwide.
With the 6-month ART trial coming to its end on 26 April 2020, and the
evaluation of the results expected in June 2020, it seems reasonable to
request the following information about the soon to be standard issue BAS
for consideration by the public:
1) What are the capabilities, specifications and tolerance limits of the
BAS soft panel inserts.
2) What are the capabilities, specifications and tolerance limits of the
BAS hard panel inserts.
3) Are the BAS hard panel inserts limited to AOS/ART personnel, or related
situations.
4) What situations are being considered when use of the BAS hard panel
inserts are utilised by non AOS/ART Officers.
Please provide this information in .pdf format, with information in
accordance with the VPAM and NIJ ballistic armour scales.
Yours faithfully,
Andrew Rennison
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Hi Andrew
 
Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received by NZ Police on 02/05/2020.
 
Kind Regards
 
Ministerial Services
PNHQ

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