Police agencies’ cache of less-lethal weapons includes Tasers, tear gas canisters and beanbag shotguns. Then there are 40 mm launchers. Escondido police used 40 mm launchers a week ago when two ...
The Louisville Metro Police officer who pelted an on-air TV news crew with pepper balls amid protests over the police killing of Breonna Taylor in 2020 also fired a more dangerous impact munition — at ...
Columbus Police Department is using these 40mm launchers that fires less-than-lethal spongelike projectiles, and the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department will purchase similar launchers after the ...
The Los Angeles Police Department says it’ll begin retraining thousands of officers in crowd-control tactics and new rules for using less-lethal weapons adopted following protests in 2020 that saw the ...
The Los Angeles Police Department’s own rulebook shows cops face tight limits — and scrutiny — when firing “non-lethal” launchers. An internal document obtained by The Post shows Los Angeles police ...