Most every law enforcement agency understands the inherent value of making less-lethal force options available to their first responders. Less-Lethal force options are no longer found only in ...

Chandler Crumblish Paine is a full-time mom and regular jogger who lives in Fort Worth, Texas. She’s never owned a gun, but last year she became increasingly concerned about her safety, especially ...

AT NOON. THAT’S A LOOK AT USING LESS LETHAL FORCE. THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE EXPLORING DIFFERENT WAYS TO DEAL WITH CRITICAL INCIDENTS WITHOUT HAVING TO TURN TO DEADLY FORCE. KCRA 3’S ...

As protesters against federal immigration raids have clashed in recent days with law enforcement, the Los Angeles Police Department’s Central Division sent out a warning: “Less Lethal munitions have ...

Opinion: UCPD is using less-than-lethal munitions to ‘frighten students into conformity’ An officer carrying a less-than-lethal weapon on campus is pictured. Columnist Michael Gallagher writes that ...

Sergio Espejo didn’t come to Los Angeles with activism in mind. He planned to visit a friend as he had done many times in the past. Except, this summer the city was engulfed in protests, sparked by a ...

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Around 2 p.m. on Jan. 10, Phoenix police officers surrounded a home in Maryvale, a neighborhood on the city’s west side. A lone, shirtless man sat on the roof after running from officers and ditching ...

It is amazing that over time humans in general have never been at a loss to develop new and unique ways to inflict pain and damage to other humans. With millions of development dollars flowing into ...

In January, 33-year-old Turrell Clay died not long after being arrested by Phoenix police. An autopsy report released on Aug. 8 – seven months after Clay’s death – pins the blame on the supposedly ...

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