Carry over funds from last year will be used to purchase 13 sets of lighter weight body armor than is currently being used.

But when dealing with fleeing suspects who are allegedly armed with AR-15s, pipe bombs, and protected by body armor, a police officer on foot or in a police cruiser is agonizingly vulnerable.

Around 7:15 p.m., Raleigh police officers responded to the area ... A warrant said Chadwick was "walking around a neighborhood with full body armor, gun belt with ammunition, a handgun in the ...