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Church safety and security are not “optional” anymore — they are a stewardship responsibility. In recent years attacks on houses of worship and active-shooter incidents at public gathering places have been prominent in national data and in federal guidance, and that means churches should take a common-sense, faith-forward approach to preparedness. Use this short guide to update your Emergency Action Plan (EAP), train your people, and evaluate practical gear and medical …

What Does NIJ Certification Really Mean for Body Armor? At Spartan Armor Systems™, we proudly offer several NIJ-certified body armor products—but what does “NIJ certified” actually mean? More importantly, why should it matter to you as the end user? In this article, we’ll break down the NIJ certification process, highlight the differences between NIJ certification and “meets NIJ standards” claims, and explain why choosing certified armor provides the hig …

Discreet Defense: Why Executives Need Concealable Body Armor The 2003 film Runaway Jury made a significant plot shift from the popular John Grisham novel. On the one hand, it may have been due to Grisham's plot involving a court case against the tobacco industry having been brought to the big screen already. But the film producers probably also recognized that there's something more tense and hard-hitting about the direction the film took. The opening scenes feature office staff going abo …

Spartan Armor Systems Keeps Prices Stable One of our Spartan Armor team members pointed out a recent update he received from a U.S.-based meat company. It’s no surprise that our people would be on that kind of email list. The update was about tariffs, which have been a hot-button issue in the news lately. What are tariffs? What purpose do they serve? How will they affect the local and global economies? We’ll get to those questions in just a minute. You may be wondering what a …

West Virginia State Trooper , Abraham Bean, was shot four times at close range. At the time, Trooper Bean was wearing a Spartan Armor Systems Executive Protection Shirt that contained Spartan Armor Flex Fused Core™ Level IIIA body armor panels. Though terribly wounded, Trooper Bean survived the assault. Below is a brief account of the incident told by his father Brian Bean to Todd Meeks, president of Spartan Armor Systems, through email. “My name is Brian W. Bean. I am a retire …