
Police Interceptor Vehicles will Offer Protection for Armor-Piercing Rounds
This morning, Ford issued a press release announcing new ballistic panel options for its Police Interceptor sedan and utility vehicle models. The factory-equipped options make them the first pursuit-rated police vehicles in the United States to offer ballistic protection up to Department of Justice’s (DoJ) National Institute of Justice standard Type IV. Type IV protection is designed to stop .30 caliber armor piercing rounds with a mass of 10.8 grams and a velocity of 878 meters per second...