A handout photo received August 6, 2008,
shows a German federal police issue sports bra.(Chinese media/Reuters
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BEIJING, Aug. 7 (Chinese medianet) --Three
thousandfemale members of Germany's police force are to receive what the
media Thursdaylabelled "bullet-proof bras."
These bras are meant to better protect policewomen who
wear bullet-proof vests, the German police said.
When policewomen wear normal bras with metal parts
underneath a bullet-proof vest, there is a slight safety risk. "The impact of a
bullet can push the metal and plastic bits of the bra into an officer's body,
causing serious injury," said Carmen Kibat, an adviser for equal opportunity in
the federal police force and the policewoman who started the push for the
bulletproof bras.
Without under-wire or metal fasteners that can lodge
into flesh on impact with a bullet, the new brasnamed "Wonderbras"
looksimilar to sports bras, letting them both support and protect.
Thebras are white, made from cotton or
polyester and padded. Theyalso havethe word Polizei (Police) printed
at the bottom.
"Wonderbras" have been distributed to female officers
in airports, train stations, and border crossings. But for individual police
woman, the new bras "are optional" so far.
(Agencies)
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