Civil defense can be equipped with body armor, electric batons

According to Circular 17/2018 regulating the equipment of weapons, military explosives, and support tools, effective from July 1, the cases considered for equipment of support tools include:

- Security forces of agencies, organizations, enterprises, and security service businesses are considered to be equipped with the following types of support tools:electric batons, metal batons, rubber batons, body armor, knife-catching gloves.

- Security forces of agencies, organizations, enterprises and enterprises providing security services when performing security duties at state agencies; important political, economic, diplomatic, scientific, technical, cultural and social targets; on trains; banks; hospitals; economic zones, industrial zones and export processing zones are equipped with electric guns, explosive bullet guns, rubber, tear gas and bullets used for these types of guns; pepper spray; electric batons, metal batons, rubber batons, body armor, and knife-catching gloves.

- Security forces of agencies, organizations and enterprises performing protection duties at zoos; scientific research and experimental forests; species and habitat conservation areas shall be considered for equipment of the following types of support tools: anesthetic guns, electric batons, metal batons, rubber batons, body armor, and knife-catching gloves.

- The civil defense team is considered to be equipped with the following types of support tools: electric batons, rubber batons, metal batons, body armor, and knife-catching gloves.

- Licensed sports clubs and training facilities are considered to be equipped with support tools such as electric batons, rubber batons, metal batons, etc.