Pepper Spray

Officers can use a new, sticky spray to subdue suspects safely in more situations, without affecting themselves or bystanders

Montpelier Police Chief Brian Peete says the gel should do the job but with fewer painful symptoms

Reflex Protect Presidia Gel doesn’t spread once sprayed, and its effects can be easily reversed once compliance is achieved for quicker relief to the suspect and a quicker return to duty for the officer

Interactions with suspects can go from calm to violent within seconds, and officers need multiple tools to respond to varying levels of non-compliance

A detective and a doctor explain why Presidia Gel and Reflex Remove close the gap when it comes to self-defense and why they both carry it on the job

The Board of Education approved a plan to cut one-third of its officers and ban the use of pepper spray on students

Police tried to keep the groups apart after several skirmishes, while some in the crowd threw rocks and used pepper spray on officers

A Portland resident was arrested and charged with a slew of felonies

"We were attacked with rocks, and we had to defend our officers," Aurora Interim Police Chief Vanessa Wilson said

Officers released video from the night a man died after police said he was pepper sprayed by officers

Floyd County Sheriff Darrell Mills said proper procedure was taken to prevent Gentry from harming herself.