The Alpharetta City Council has approved spending $62,397 to buy 17 sets of tactical body armor for its Special Weapons and Tactics team members.

Williams says the weapons taken from a locked case were a 5.56-caliber Colt M4 rifle and a .40-caliber H&K tactical pistol. Also stolen: ammunition for the guns, night-vision goggles and flash ...

Ferrell said the cost for tactical vest starts at about $1,000 a piece. It's why the Kettering Police Department is looking forward to a $23,000 grant from the Body Armor Program to update SWAT vests.