Active-shooter vests provided for law enforcement

Lake County has received 16 grant-funded active-shooter vests for law enforcement officers in the Lake County Sheriff’s Office and the Leadville Police Department.

The vests are funded from a Homeland Security grant to ensure officers are well protected in the event of active shooter situation, according to a news release. Nine vests go to the Police Department, and seven to the Sheriff’s Office.

Sheriff Rod Fenske and Undersheriff Bill Kirkland, in a jointly issued statement, said the vests will save precious seconds and add protection to deputies and officers as they run toward the danger.

Leadville Police Chief Robert Glenny said the vests have made all Lake County law enforcement officers that much safer.

The vests are good for about five years before they will need to be replaced.