TRAVERSE CITY - A national recall of Second Chance Body Armor's bulletproof vests will put a hole in local city and county budgets as police leaders scramble to find money to reoutfit officers. Last ...

CENTRAL LAKE, Mich. -- Richard Davis invented a flexible, concealable type of body armor after taking a bullet while delivering a pizza. He vouched for his products by donning them and shooting ...

CENTRAL LAKE, Mich. -- Second Chance Body Armor Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after being hit with lawsuits in at least 10 states, including Illinois, accusing it of selling defective ...

NEWARK – The New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs and the Division of Law will soon distribute a total of $173,778.90 to 63 New Jersey law enforcement agencies that purchased defective bulletproof ...

CENTRAL LAKE - Second Chance Body Armor executives will get severance pay and performance-related bonuses, but proposed six-figure bonuses are out because of protests by an attorney representing ...

Billings Police Chief Ron Tussing said his department uses vests made by Second Chance Body Armor, but not ones made with Zylon. All the vests used by Billings police officers are made of a different ...

The North Carolina Highway Patrol is giving up to 1,800 troopers sets of extra padding to enhance bulletproof vests because the brand they wear may not keep them safe. Second Chance Body Armor vests ...

The failure of an ultra-light bulletproof vest worn by a suburban Pittsburgh police officer last summer has exploded into a national controversy. Last week, the South Suburban Association of Chiefs of ...

CENTRAL LAKE, Mich. (AP) -- Second Chance Body Armor Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after being hit with lawsuits in at least 10 states, including Illinois, accusing it of selling defective ...

ST. PAUL - Moorhead police officers are among 236,000 across the county wearing vests that Minnesota Attorney General Mike Hatch calls anything but bulletproof. Hatch sued Second Chance Body Armor ...

A Department of Justice investigation finds that a type of bulletproof vest used by many police departments fails to stop bullets over time. One major manufacturer warns that the underlying Zylon ...