Top Industry Leaders in the Armoured Civilian Vehicles Market
*Disclaimer: List of key companies in no particular order
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November 2023- The Amherst Police Department is considering the purchase of an armored vehicle, but a criminology researcher questions the necessity in a municipality with around 10,000 people. Amherst Police Chief Dwayne Pike said the service is looking to purchase an armored vehicle to improve public safety. He said the force is in discussions with a company about purchasing a former cash truck located in Atlantic Canada. Pike said that it gives you an option for safety for your members and the public when you're going into a serious situation where you're dealing with weapons. The vehicle would be bulletproof, but Pike said Amherst is not purchasing a military vehicle. He said there have been many recent incidents in Nova Scotia and other provinces that have made police say that if this ever happens here, it would be nice to have this piece of equipment. Amherst's interest in an armored vehicle is part of a broader trend, says Temitope Oriola, a criminology professor at the University of Alberta and president of the Canadian Sociological Association. He said there is a tendency in police services to want to keep up with other forces. "They want a tool; they want a weapon because all the police services want them," Oriola said. Canadian services are imitating police militarization found in the United States. He said there is a case to be made for armored vehicles in larger cities, like Toronto, but not in every municipality. He added that according to the organization, what each police service ought to do is a very sober analysis.
Top listed global companies in the industry are:
- BAE Systems plc
- General Dynamics Corporation
- INKAS Armored Vehicle Manufacturing
- International Armored Group
- Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co. KG
- Lenco Armored Vehicles Inc
- Lockheed Martin corporation
- Oshkosh Corporation
- Mahindra Emirates Vehicle Armouring FZ-LLC
- MDT ARMOR, and others.