It is a really nice thought, but I wondering if you could manage to get him anything that would make enough of difference to make the weight penalty worth the expense.
The body armor you see on a policeman is much different from that worn by a someone in a combat zone. The type of body armor that you can buy is limited. Mostly it's good though pistol calibers and with the addition of a shock plate, medium-range rifle fire (ball ammo, not AP). Military armor is designed to withstand severe conditions and a higher threat than the civilian counterpart, which loses effectiveness when subjected to repeated cycles of sweat and drying.
Also, civilian versions don't do much in the way of stopping blast fragments.
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