Police Sprays and Aerosols News & Articles

• 3 things you need to know about training for use of force

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  The way many departments rank force options has changed – but a new less-lethal tool is available to fill the void

• Watch: Cops use less-lethal chemical launcher Byrna SD to arrest suspect

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  Galveston police officers used the Byrna SD to incapacitate a suspect from 40 feet away

• Apples to oranges: Comparing less-lethal spray options

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

• Vt. PD switching from pepper spray to more ‘empathetic’ gel

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

• How this new gel/antidote combo provides a better less-lethal tool

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  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

• 3 reasons officers need more less-lethal options

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

• Q&A: How this less-lethal gel and antidote combo gives cops a safer, more effective tool

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  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

• How to buy less lethal products (eBook)

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  Download this Police1 less lethal products buying guide to learn key steps for product selection, purchasing and implementation

• SHOT Show 2016: Milkor's less-lethal launcher offers superior accuracy, many munitions options

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  The Multiple Grenade Launcher – Less Than Lethal (MGL-LTL), six-round launcher can put a variety of 40mm less lethal munitions downrange with superior accuracy

• The Defender combines camera, surveillance, pepper spray

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  A personal protection system that takes prevention to the next level

• Spotlight: Security Equipment Corporation dominates the world of defense sprays

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  SABRE Crossfire continues to be the leading pepper spray, used by law enforcement and civilians in over 50 countries — but that's just one of their product lines

• The UC pepper spray case and the punch-in-the-nose test

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  You don't want to put tax payers' money in the pockets of people who break the law, do you?

• Pepper spray, video to combine in new portable device

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  Prototype can determine the precise distance of an attacker and disperse a corresponding amount of spray

• New patent makes one think, 'Holy less lethal, Batman!'

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  Would you strap onto your forearm a single device — which has an array of triggers, each controlling a different kind of less lethal weapon option — allowing you to “choose from a menu less lethal ...

• Video: Training with inert OC spray

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  Today’s video tactical tip comes from our brothers and sisters over at Corrections1 http://www.corrections1.com/.  Last week they posted an excellent reminder about training with inert OC spray in ...

• McDonald's nabs robbers by spraying them with DNA

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  A police officer and a chemist in the UK developed an invisible spray that douses intruders when there has been a security breach

• Lawsuit filed for use of tear gas in Pa.

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  A Derry woman has filed a federal lawsuit against the borough and its police chief in federal court for police actions during a 10-hour standoff

• No felony charges for LA Walmart pepper-sprayer

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  The case of Elizabeth Macias, 32, was referred to city attorneys after county prosecutors didn't find evidence of a felony

• Video: 3 officers injured at Ohio St. street party

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  "Woodfest" block party drew 4,000 revelers; pepper spray deployed

• Strong- or weak-side O.C.?

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  By Police1 StaffA Street Survival Newsline reader posed the following question:"There is a mixed opinion in my department on which hand O.C. should be used with. Many say it should be worn on the s...

• Weapons placement on your duty belt

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  I know many officers arrange the equipment on their duty rigs to "comfort mode". But, I have seen during training that one issue needs to be resolved. I noticed officers were carrying their chemica...

• December Product Roundup: Less Lethal

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  Police1 is focusing on news, products and information about Police Less Lethal force options, such as TASERs, sprays and aerosols, batons and projectiles for the month of December 2009. Check out t...

• Fla. cops have a new weapon to fight germs

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  By Gary Taylor Orlando SentinelSANFORD, Fla. — The latest weapon carried by Sanford police officers doesn't fire bullets and wouldn't do much damage if they hit you with it.But the device they now ...

• Pa. police pepper spray exercise goes awry

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  By Rob Wheary and Mallory Szymanski News-ItemMOUNT CARMEL TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Sandra Pelus was sitting on a marble bench in her Diamondtown backyard Monday night when, out of nowhere, she started itchi...

• Dallas officer likely to be fired in pepper spray case

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  By Tanya Eiserer Dallas Morning NewsDALLAS — A Dallas police officer is likely to be fired as soon as next week after an internal investigation concluded that he repeatedly lied about an incident i...

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