the department switched from their traditional utility belts to load bearing vests. “The belts added a lot of lower back pain, some hip pain too,” says Riley McLennan with the Eau Claire ...

A six-month study concluded load-bearing vests made a big difference in reducing levels of pain. Biometric screenings tested officers’ flexibility, spinal mobility, core endurance, aerobic fitness, ...

The new MOLLE (Modular Lightweight Load-carrying Equipment), or load-bearing vest ... with the new vests. “I think it’ll help alleviate some of the constant lower back pain that some of ...

Some Xenia police officers are expecting relief to their hips and lower back thanks to new equipment purchases. Commissioner selected to represent Greene County on state board Carrying a firearm ...

"It frees up the lower body to move ... The majority of the officers wear the load-bearing vest.

said officers “absolutely love the idea” of acquiring load-bearing vests. During his 23 years as an officer, Dunlap said he experienced “constant lower back pain” as a result of the inner ...

The Eagle County Sheriff’s Office has updated its uniforms to include new “load-bearing” vests in an effort to promote the long ... with deputies who have developed hip, lower back or sciatic nerve ...

Deputies have begun wearing new load-bearing vests that replace their previous ... “Really, what we’ve seen a lot of is, is mainly lower-back pain, leg pain. And, you know, that can lead ...