Hosted by the Police Officers’ Association of Lodi, the annual Fill the BATT campaign collects donated toys to give to underprivileged children in Lodi for the holidays. This year’s campaign begins on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., with the SWAT Team’s BATT armored vehicle parked at the Walmart lot located at 1600 Westgate […]
Elgin, Illinois, residents get up-close look The Armored Group BATT "The overtime killers" is what the Elgin Police Department's SWAT team has dubbed its most effective pieces of equipment — the Ballistic Armored Tactical Transport and accompanying robot cameras. When the ballistic truck — BATT — rolls up to a hostage situation, standoff, or warrant […]
The Potter County sheriff wanted to let people know there’s a new armored truck in town. On Thursday, Sheriff Brian Thomas and deputies unveiled a new, $250,000 armored personnel carrier that Thomas said would bring his office up to speed with other agencies and help deputies better respond to shootings. The hulking, unmarked personnel carrier […]
MANTECA — The Manteca Police Department reports a man refused to leave an apartment Sunday morning after shooting another man in the residence. Initial reports of the shooting came in from the man’s wife, who told police her husband had shot someone inside an apartment at 350 North Union Road. The woman’s 35-year-old husband was […]
(Phoenix, AZ – August 2017) The Armored Group (TAG), a worldwide provider of armored vehicles, has just unveiled its newest armored vehicle, the BATT®-X series (Ballistic Armored Tactical Transport®) is a larger version BATT®-APX. Additional length is added to the APX to allow the BATT®-X to carry 12-14 Officers, depending on size of operators and […]
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) was the venue for the sixth annual SEMA Middle East Business Development Program in March. The 2017 event brought together pre-vetted trade buyers from 11 nations to meet with a delegation of 40 U.S. SEMA-member companies.
Sault Ste. Marie Police used a TAG BATT to end a standoff and safely take a man in for standing warrants. Read entire article here.
The Armored Group was the cover story in the March/April issue of Law Enforcement Product News article.
The Armored Group was recently featured in a study on Armored Vehicles in Global market, especially in North America, Europe, Southeast Asia, Japan and India, with production, revenue, consumption, import and export in these regions, from 2012 to 2016, and forecast to 2022. Read the article here: Armored Vehicle Market Survey
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Armored Group (TAG), a worldwide provider of armored and non-armored vehicles for military agencies, law enforcement, private business and individuals needing a high-level of personal protection, has just announced they have received the ISO 9001:2015 certification from Smithers Quality Assessments. This certification is significant as it shows that TAG has reached the benchmarks for […]
Eugene Weekly recently reported that the Springfield, Oregon, police department recently purchased an armored 2017 Suburban because it doesn't have a military-style appearance, yet provides the same high-level of personnel protection. Read the entire story here: Springfield purchases police armored Suburban
If President-elect Donald Trump keeps his promise, surplus military gear will once again be available to state and local police departments.