Pepper spray — also known as OC spray, because it’s derived from the chili-pepper extract oleoresin capsicum — is banned in most U.S. juvenile detention systems. Youth advocates say it can cause ...

PC Smith had been trained in use of force and what is "reasonable and appropriate", LDRS reported. Assistant Chief Constable ...

A new proposal being considered by the New York City Council would limit correction officers' use of pepper spray to control inmates acting out in the city's jails. The bill, introduced Thursday, ...

University of Michigan and Ohio State Police intervene as Michigan Wolverines and Ohio State Buckeyes fight following the NCAA football game at Ohio Stadium in Columbus on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — WFMY News 2 obtained a video involving a pepper spray incident at Flat Rock Middle School in Winston-Salem. A deputy used the pepper spray to break up a fight during a school ...

Jody Allen Crowe created a new kind of irritating spray called REPULS that's already used by police departments and hospitals ...

The suspect in a robbery at the First Hawaiian Bank Waikiki branch involving the use of a substance likely to be pepper spray ...

ICE agents shoot pepper spray into protester's frog costume air vent ...

Law enforcement experts are weighing in on a now-viral video that appears to show a Richmond sheriff's deputy pepper spray a fan in the face at a Turnstile concert on Brown's Island last week.

Georgia's police have used water cannons and pepper spray to push back protesters who tried to storm the presidential palace.

Reviews conducted by university and county police stated officers were justified in using pepper spray and physical force while breaking up an on-field brawl following Michigan's 13-10 win at Ohio ...