Article: PEPPER SPRAY DEBATE AIRED; CRITICS SAY OFFICERS TOO OFTEN USE SPRAY; POLICE DISAGREE.(Local)

Byline: John Stith Staff writer

If you are arrested by Auburn police, the odds are 1 in 100 that you'll get a taste of pepper spray, city police records show.

That's not a bad thing, police Chief Gary Giannotta said. He'd rather his officers use pepper spray than their handguns.

Critics of the city department's use of pepper spray say officers sometimes are too quick to use it and that innocent bystanders can get sprayed.

The department's use of pepper spray was called into question during a recent jury trial of three people charged during an arrest at a Labor Day party last year at 46 Jefferson St. Two were found guilty and will be ...

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