Article: Pepper spray defended by police

Article: PEPPER SPRAY SENDS STUDENTS TO TWO HOSPITALS 24 ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  September 28, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... Seattle police Lt. Tom Byers said he considered pepper spray a weapon, and ... said. Seattle police officers carry pepper spray canisters that ... If we have more pepper spray out there, it ... Bonner, Seattle police sp

Article: PEPPER SPRAY DEBATE AIRED; CRITICS SAY OFFICERS TOO ...
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  June 12, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... you'll get a taste of pepper spray, city police records show. That's ... 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 ...

Article: Practical Pepper Spray Training
Law & Order;  April 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... arsenal of most police departments ... properly used, pepper spray is an effective ... introductory pepper spray training during basic recruit police training ... demonstrated that pepper spray is not without ... County, MD, Police study, 20 ...

Article: The science of pepper spray
Law & Order;  July 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Pepper spray devices are virtually compulsory equipment ... failure was given for their current pepper spray product (First Defense MK-4, 0 ... Perhaps you or someone you know has used a pepper spray product in the apprehension of an aggressive ...

Article: Council to Make Final Pepper Spray Decision
University Wire;  September 9, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... first-ever ban on the police use of pepper spray. Pepper spray contains ... filed against the city over police use of pepper spray, including one that was ... Some who favor the use of pepper spray said that police will be hindered if they ...

Article: PEPPER SPRAY LAW SPICES UP SALES.(News)
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  January 11, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... Jeannette DeSantis Daily News Staff Writer Pepper spray is truly a hot commodity at stores like ... said Shuart, who had moved the pepper spray display to the front of the store and ... At King's Gun Works in Glendale, pepper spray sales have quadrupled. In Palmdale ...

Article: USGS Cautions Proper Use of Pepper Spray to Avoid ...
U.S. Newswire;  February 10, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... Feb. 10 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Red pepper spray, commonly used by people in bear country ... encounters with aggressive bears, red pepper spray is not a bear repellent when applied ... manufacturers." In fact, noted Smith, pepper spray manufacturers normally suggest that ...