There’s a renewed push for more protective vests after a Chicago police officer was shot in his vest while on the job over the weekend.
The vests police officers wear are good for about five years, if not damaged, before they’re recommended to get a new one. Replacing it, however, comes at the officer’s own expense. The Police Memorial Foundation continues to make sure that’s never a worry for Chicago police.
Over the weekend in Morgan Park, at 115th and Davol off Vincennes Ave, a CPD officer from the 22nd District was met with gunfire while responding to a call…