Fox wrongly reports that Obama wants to ban armored helmet that saved cop’s life in Orlando

As police stormed the Pulse nightclub in Orlando early Sunday morning, the shooter fired at a police officer wearing a Kevlar helmet. While the officer was harmed, he survived — and his helmet saved his life.

In an interview with former New York City Police Department detective and a media personality, Bo Dietl, "Fox and Friends" co-host Steve Doocy asked why the Obama administration was "pushing to take away life-saving armor," Media Matters reports.

The fact is, neither the Kevlar helmet nor the BearCat vehicle used to punch through the wall of the club to allow police access to the scene are on the list of prohibited police equipment created in May 2015. The order aimed to keep local police departments from buying some items with federal dollars.

"And yet, it wasn't that long ago where we heard a number of people from the political left say, 'You know what, the local police departments have too much heavy artillery. We really have to take that stuff away from them,'" he said.

Fox News has yet to clarify the error to its audience. It's unclear how a former police detective like Dietl also doesn't have the facts on equipment.