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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- BODY ARMOR SHIRT
- Date Range From
- 1980
- Date Range To
- 1990
- Materials
- ANTRON, SPANDEX, COTTON
- Catalogue Number
- P19960112073
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- BODY ARMOR SHIRT
- Date Range From
- 1980
- Date Range To
- 1990
- Materials
- ANTRON, SPANDEX, COTTON
- No. Pieces
- 2
- Length
- 60.5
- Width
- 45.5
- Description
- WHITE V-NECK T-SHIRT WITH A PANEL OF BALLISTIC PADS BODY ARMOR ON THE FRONT OF THE BODY. TAG ON THE INSIDE MARKED "DEEP COVER" "SECOND CHANCE BODY ARMOR INC. CENTRAL LAKE, MI" "LARGE" "CONTENTS 86% ANTRON 14% SPANDEX" "TRIM/SLEEVE 50/50 POLY COTTON". SURFACE SOILED IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS.
- Subjects
- ARMAMENT-BODY ARMOR
- Historical Association
- SAFETY SERVICES
- History
- WORN BY OFFICERS FOR PROTECTION. THE ARMOUR CAME INTO SERVICE IN THE EARLY 80S - FIRST WORN ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS - BUT, ULTIMATELY, IT BECAME SO POPULAR THAT MOST ALL OF THE POLICE WORE THEM UNDER THEIR SHIRTS. BETWEEN 2008 AND 2009, LETHBRIDGE REGIONAL POLICE SERVICES INSPECTOR BILL KAYE ADDED THAT THE FIRST MEMBERS TO WEAR THEM "PURCHASED THEIR OWN". *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS, INCLUDING SOME DONATED BY THE CITY OF LETHBRIDGE POLICE SERVICES. FOR A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE LETHBRIDGE POLICE COLLECTION, SEE RECORD P19960112001. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE CITY OF LETHBRIDGE POLICE SERVICES AND TRANSCRIPTS OF INTERVIEWS AND CORRESPONDENCE WITH CURRENT AND FORMER LETHBRIDGE POLICE, SEE PERMANENT FILE P19960112000.
- Catalogue Number
- P19960112073
- Acquisition Date
- 1996-12
- Collection
- Museum
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