One of the issues highlighted after the 26/11 terror strikes was the substandard bulletproof vests that the police had. mid-day has found that till date the Maharashtra Police has been unable to buy bulletproof vests for its entire force. They have managed to get only 2,000 vests for state police personnel who number 2 lakh, in the past seven years.

The terror strikes of 26/11 killed several senior police officers, like the then ATS chief Hemant Karkare, Additional Commissioner of Police Ashok Kamte and encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar. The police had found that one of the reasons the officers were killed despite wearing bulletproof jackets was the substandard quality of the jackets.