The Spanish Civil Guard Buys 25,000 Pieces Of Body Armor
The General Directorate of the Civil Guard specified to the newspaper El Confidencial Digital the three-year plan to expand the provision of body armor. The plan consists of launching a multi-year purchase during 2021, 2022 and 2023. The result will be an acquisition to acquire a total of approximately 25000 body armor. Thus, in 2021 the Civil Guard will buy 8,400 vests, to then acquire again the same amount in 2022 and 2023.
The 25,000 new vests would be added to the 33,000 external citizen security vests that, according to the General Directorate, were purchased in the period between 2017 and 2020.
Incorporation of female body armor
The request from several associations to get female ballistic vests is finally been taken into account. Women in the military and police departments spoke up about the discomfort of working wearing a men-designed ballistic vest. Finally, the general director of the Civil Guard assured that the female civil guards will receive appropriate bulletproof vests, adapted to their anatomy.
2021-02-16
