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A pepper-spray projectile, also called a pepper-spray ball, pepper-ball, pepper bomb, or pepper-spray pellet, is a frangible projectile containing a powdered chemical that irritates the eyes and nose in a manner similar to pepper spray. These projectiles are fired from specially designed forced compliance weapons or modified paintball guns.
University weapons requests. UCLA police are requesting up to 3,000 more pepper balls to add to their inventory of 1,600; up to 400 more sponge and foam rounds, double the current stockpile of 200 ...
Riot gun. A Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer with a bean bag shotgun. In current usage, a riot gun or less-lethal launcher is a type of firearm used to fire "non-lethal" or "less-lethal" ammunition for the purpose of suppressing riots or apprehending suspects with minimal harm or risk. [1] Less-lethal launchers may be special purpose ...
Killing of Victoria Snelgrove. Victoria E. Snelgrove[1] (October 29, 1982 – October 21, 2004) was an American journalism student at Emerson College in Boston, who died after being shot by officer Rochefort Milien of the Boston Police Department using a less-lethal weapon. The shooting took place following the victory of the Boston Red Sox ...
Aug. 23—A local chef and the owner of a popular downtown restaurant was arrested on felony charges Thursday after police accused him of firing an airsoft gun and striking another man with a ...
In March 2018, PORT introduced new tactical equipment including the VKS Pepperball paintball gun for pepper balls and paintballs, Stinger rubber ball grenades, stun grenades, OC canister grenades and the Penn Arms L140-4 40mm grenade launcher for foam baton rounds. [17] [30] PORT commenced using the new tactical equipment operationally in ...
AUSTIN, Texas - The Austin Police Department has released body camera videos in connection to the deadly officer-involved shooting in North Austin earlier this month.. Police said on Sept. 10 ...
Non-lethal weapon. Non-lethal weapons, also called nonlethal weapons, less-lethal weapons, [1][2][3][4] less-than-lethal weapons, non-deadly weapons, compliance weapons, or pain-inducing weapons are weapons intended to be less likely to kill a living target than conventional weapons such as knives and firearms with live ammunition.