Local police force upgrading gear

 
WEST SENECA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Lt. Mike Poleon slips on the new gear – a bulletproof vest, made with steel and weighing around 15lbs. Each West Seneca police patrol car has a vest in it now. They’re to be worn over the usual Kevlar vests – an added layer of protection.
“Nowadays the weapons these criminals are carrying would go through that like butter,” said Rocco Diina, the former Buffalo Police Commissioner who now runs the Law Enforcement Foundation of