POLICE DEFEND USING FORCE AT FESTIVAL SBI WILL CHECK OFFICERS' USE OF...

The Virginian Pilot;  June 4, 1997 ;     559 words ......ELIZABETH CITY -- Police officers Tuesday defended their use of pepper spray to control a hostile...could see a cloud,'' Police Chief Michael Lloyd...describing a fog of pepper spray hovering around...inhaled doses of pepper spray as the mist spread in the breeze, ...

Police to charge man in pepper spray case

The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;  October 31, 2005 ;     150 words ......incident involving pepper spray. Police did not release...approached them, police said. After being hit with the pepper spray, the victim grabbed...man who used the pepper spray. The victim did...medical treatment, police said.

Oz expert warns police of pepper spray dangers

Sunday Star-Times;  July 22, 2001 ;     541 words ......attacked New Zealand police for misrepresenting the dangers of pepper spray after a second person...studied the effects of pepper spray, said police needed to acknowledge...risk. Brennan said police used pepper spray only if a person was...

Pepper spray now legal in most of U.S. But police and others say it can be...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  December 8, 1996 ;     525 words ......criminals. But others, police among them, worry...woman carries her pepper spray in her hand as...legalize the sale of pepper spray to ordinary citizens...because he has pepper spray," Felix said. Police have used the spray...being subdued with pepper ...

Pepper spray defended by police

The Press;  July 16, 2001 ;     379 words ...The Police Association is defending pepper spray as a valuable and safe...police, including the use of police-issue pepper spray. "The actions of the attending...blood pressure. New Zealand police began using pepper spray in 1997. Before it was...

WA: 10yo terrified after police use pepper spray to subdue her

AAP General News (Australia);  June 15, 2006 ;     424 words ......10yo terrified after police use pepper spray to subdue her By Tara...slammed West Australian police for using pepper spray to subdue an Aboriginal...cultural awareness." But police have defended using pepper spray to quieten the girl...

Police pepper spray

The Sunday Telegraph London;  October 8, 2000 ;     23 words ...POLICE in Sussex will be the first in Britain to use a pepper spray that causes temporary blindness. The spray will be introduced before Christmas.

Off-campus party at Brown U. ends in police pepper spray, students say

University Wire;  April 24, 2001 ;     653 words ......neighboring parking lot, police sprayed what was likely pepper spray into the air. A...he was sure the police were using pepper spray. "The police started spraying...picking a fight with police and they spray pepper spray everywhere? It...

Case on police use of pepper spray back in court.

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  January 22, 2003 ;     579 words ......were swabbed with pepper spray in an unprecedented and controversial police tactic is headed...when they used pepper spray on them during...eyes after the pepper spray was dabbed in them...the contention of police that the protesters...in favor of the police. But ...

Police push pepper spray.

Australasian Business Intelligence;  June 9, 2003 ;     190 words ......Australian (WA) Police have proposed...powers to use pepper spray as a means to...commonly known as pepper spray, would prove a safer option where police were required...that the use of pepper spray would give police the psychological...

Police Pepper Spray Bush Protesters

AP Online;  August 23, 2002 ;     441 words ......PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) _ Riot police fired pepper spray at hundreds of protesters...hammered on the hoods of police cars as pepper spray wafted through the air...Protesters are doused with pepper spray as police clear the streets around...

Police use pepper spray on protesters at demonstration against Bush in...

AP Worldstream;  August 23, 2002 ;     424 words ......PORTLAND, Oregon Riot police used pepper spray and struck some demonstrators...hammered on the hoods of police cars as pepper spray wafted through the air...spray at the protesters. Police also used pepper spray after about 150 demonstrators...

U. Connecticut police pepper spray students at game

University Wire;  November 11, 2002 ;     390 words ......University of Connecticut Police used pepper spray to repel fans trying...Connecticut State Police positioned officers...field, armed with pepper spray. At two corners...south goalpost, police discharged pepper spray to repel them. Kailas...

CARPENTERSVILLE STUDENTS HIT BY POLICE PEPPER SPRAY | SUBDUING...

Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL);  September 2, 1998 ;     503 words ......injuries Tuesday when police officers used pepper spray to subdue a disruptive...press release stated that police used pepper spray "because of the student...in the lunchroom when police used the pepper spray, Whitehouse said.

PEPPER SPRAY DEBATE AIRED; CRITICS SAY OFFICERS TOO OFTEN USE SPRAY;...

The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  June 12, 2005 ;     700+ words ......that you'll get a taste of pepper spray, city police records show. That's not...said there are times when police should use pepper spray, but the Sept.6 incident...Labor Day incident, Auburn police used pepper spray while arresting a 16-year-o...