Within the Police service of England and Wales the wearing of ballistic and stab resistant body armour is common, with most police forces mandating its usage when away from the police station. Of all the serving police officers in England and Wales 29.1% are female (Hargreaves et al., 2017). A survey was developed and then distributed by the Police Federation of England and Wales to all servicing police officers up to the rank of Inspector. The survey returned 2633 responses after cleaning of the data. From the responses it was seen that the predominant bra type worn is underwired (71%) and the predominant UK bra size is 34B (9%). It was also determined that the predominant areas where the body armour either rubbed or caused discomfort were the left and right anterior mammary regions and the posterior lateral sacral region. By understanding the distribution of bra size, type of bra worn and areas of discomfort or rubbing it helps further understand the issues faced by female police officers and how body armour design could be improved.

中文翻译：

---

乳房尺寸和胸罩类型对穿着防弹衣的英国女警官的舒适度的影响。

在英格兰和威尔士的警察局中，通常穿着防弹和防刺的防弹衣，大多数警察部队在离开派出所时都要求使用防弹衣。在英格兰和威尔士，在职警官中有29.1％为女性（Hargreaves等，2017）。进行了调查，然后由英格兰和威尔士警察联合会分发给所有在职警官（直至检查专员）。清理数据后，该调查返回了2633个响应。从回答中可以看出，佩戴的主要文胸类型是钢丝内衬（71％），英国的主要文胸尺寸为34B（9％）。还确定了防弹衣摩擦或引起不适的主要区域是左，右前乳腺区域和后lateral外侧区域。