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.

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

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.

After Michigan upset Ohio State in Columbus this past November, a massive brawl broke out. Players on the Buckeyes were clearly upset about the Wolverines planting their school flag at midfield.

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

A trial of the public sale of pepper spray is under fire after the eye irritant was used in two incidents at the same ...

In Tbilisi, Georgia, police clashed with thousands of protesters who attempted to breach the presidential palace amid ...

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