The Use of Pepper Spray in Police Brutality Police brutality has become a growing trend in the United States. The tactics used to apprehend suspected criminals have become cruel and demeaning, not to mention life threatening. There have been numerous cases where police officers have intentionally brutalized people during attempted arrests. Pepper spray seems to be the new weapon of choice among police officers nationwide; it contains a dangerous chemical component known as OC (oleoresin
Most common uses of non-lethal force is the application of tear gas or pepper spray. Both have extremely large incapacitating effects designed to bring down individuals and give the police officer the upper hand. Pepper spray is common in the law enforcement world, but has skyrocketed in public providing protection for individuals to carry a small can to provide protection when stuck in a scary situation. Tear gas and pepper spray as the intentions to subdue someone but there is always a time where
Abstract Police have the duty and responsibility to enforce the laws and ordinances within their jurisdiction, maintain order, and assist those within the community. Police officers protect property and lives (Duties & Responsibilities of Police Officers, 1975). In the course of duty, a police officer may use force when necessary. The International Association of Chiefs of Police has defined force as “that amount of effort required by police to compel compliance from an unwilling subject” (Police
Student's Death Raises Concerns about Weapons Brett Schweinberg, a 19-year-old Emerson student and Brookline resident, never imagined that a night intended for so much celebration in Boston could end so tragically. Schweinberg was one of an estimated 80,000 revelers who flooded the streets of Kenmore Square and the Fenway Park neighborhood in the early hours of Oct. 21, following the Boston Red Sox’s ALCS victory over the New York Yankees. “It was really a happy, fun, cheering crowd,”
Mankind has been engaged in many conflicts throughout history. Each conflict and battle has brought new weapons that have resulted in an increase in combat deaths. The development of these new weapons has also forced the development of new ways to protect and enhance the survival of the soldiers. U.S. soldiers are safer and more efficient today because of technological advances in robotic warfare, nonlethal weapons, and vehicles, and improved soldier equipment. The efficiency of the modern day
How To Use A Stun Gun Properly A lot of stun gun supporters will say that it is a lot more effective than pepper spray and it is a lot easier and more efficient to use. However, if you have absolutely no idea on how to use a stun gun properly, it will likely fail to protect you and/or cause more harm than good. Therefore, if you either have a stun gun or you plan on purchasing one, you will want to follow some tips to ensure that you use it properly when you need it. How To Use A Stun Gun Properly:
Non Lethal Weapons There is more to no lethal weapons than just pepper spray and tasers. No lethal weapons have a reason, but are more lethal than they are said to be. This is happening the more they advance. No lethal weapons help to calm rioters by the improvements that are made. There are also injuries that come with no lethal weapons. There are many advancements in the development of no lethal weapons. These advances have increased the interest of no lethal weapons. Lethal landmines were
resorted to the use of non-lethal force--Tasers. Tasers and stun guns are very similar to one another. Tasers are thought to be a non-lethal alternative to firearms, but in actuality, it has caused more deaths in teenagers than the use of batons and pepper spray which are also another non-lethal alternative to firearms. Law enforcement officers often use Tasers on troubled teenagers when teenagers often pose a threat to themselves or to others around them. Police officers believe that Tasers will control
Police use of force and so-called “Police brutality” have been a hot buttoned issue over the past couple years. Every police shooting and use of force case is reviewed and examined with a fine toothed comb by both the media and departments. However, what the media leaves out and the general public has no information on are the levels of force. According to an article written by George Godoy, there are 6 levels of force. These levels range from officer presence to deadly force. In this paper I will
incapacitate the target with the least amount of pain as possible. They try and minimize as much risk as possible when being used. There are a lot of different types of non-lethal weapons. Some of these weapons include but are not limited to the stun gun, pepper spray, and tear gas. Ammunition can also be altered in guns to make them non-lethal weapons, such as a bean bag ammunition in a shotgun, or rubber bullets for a pistol. With non-lethal weapons, situations with criminals will be easier and less time consuming
equipped with such as sharp shooters with their pistols or heavier weaponry like a shotgun or assault rifle. They also need to know when exactly to use their less lethal weapons such as the electric rifle known as a Taser or the OC spray also known as mace or pepper spray. They may also use the self-defense techniques taught during their time in training of mixed martial arts that they gained knowledge in, taking someone down with an arm maneuver or something similar. The idea of knowing police tactics
or conceal events in the public media in favor of their own interests. The article “UC Davis Pepper-spray Burial Effort Spotlights Online Image Gurus,” by Christopher Cadelago, discusses how UC Davis, a public organization, attempted to hide a past incident in online search engines in order to protect the school’s public image. The incident took place in 2011 at Davis where peaceful protesters were pepper-sprayed by police. Though this was over five years ago, UC Davis recently tried to repair their
through Lake View Terrace, a residential neighborhood in northern Los Angeles. After a short pursuit, King was ordered out of his vehicle at gunpoint. King refused to comply and became belligerent and uncooperative. The use of open-hand controls, pepper spray and tasers were ineffective, as King continued to assault officers while resisting arrest. More LAPD officers arrived and King was finally subdued with the use of nightsticks. Investigation later revealed King was under the influence of a combination
sum of money, Teddy was able to lure the gang members into a vacant lot, faking as if he were a successful drug dealer with no gang afflictions. As the trio became more incited by the drugs and comfortable with him, DHC (the base ingredient of pepper spray) was blown into one gang members eyes. While in a surprised daze a smaller member received a hard blow in his windpipe, disabling his breathing. Then suddenly Teddy threw a kerosene filled balloon at the third, threatened him with a lighter, and
mother or father.” Father, mother, son, daughter, they all have their own ways of getting mad. Some slam on the brakes, jump out of their cars, open the trunks and grab anything that they get their hands on. Others use baseball bats, knives, mace, pepper spray, fists, or some simply pull out a pistol and start firing away. Why are these drivers turning their anger and frustrations into road rage and what solutions can we propose to stop this road rage? Some say that one of the main causes of aggressive
all the glistening hair spray, their hair had to be a conductor for something. Maybe there was a lightning rod tucked inside the cocoon of hair. Indeed, the hair imparted a degree of luminosity to the scene. At just the right angle, the artificial light would hit the summit of hairdom and create an angelic halo around their persons. Perhaps it was one big conspiracy. Perhaps some secret Relief Society tome specifies that women should wear eye-dizzying lipstick and hair spray in proportion to their
will include laws that have been passed by the United States Supreme Court, training methods and policies of Federal, State and Local agencies Alternatives to deadly force are less-lethal weapons that are used by law enforcement today, TASERS, pepper spray, bean bag guns and batons. Does deadly force need to be used against violent suspects? Federal Law Under federal law if a suspect poses a threat to a law enforcement officer or the public the officer has permission to use deadly force. The Supreme
toward them. The ones there died, but it wasn't over. His brothers and sisters keep coming to the kitchen. The little ants with all their relatives are the most annoying enemies in any family's kitchen. Initially, I used ant killer sprays to kill ants. These sprays easily clear up thousands of crawling ants at once. Nevertheless, the number of ants increased, ants invaded the bathroom next to the kitchen. I aimed thenozzle at endless lines of ants. My battle cry for the day was, "1, 2, 3, Fire!"
comment and said, "graffiti is not vandalism, but it is a beautiful crime". This comment did not make sense to me. Committing a crime, a hideous act, is not a beautiful thing to do by any means. Graffiti does not mean people can go around and draw and spray paint on other peoples property. Regardless of what types of graffiti are being expressed by the tagger, this type of self expression is considered vandalism when people decide to draw, destroy, or violate any persons property without consent. As a
californicus is found from Alaska to Baja in small, shallow tidepools and tidal flats in the upper spray zone where they cannot avoid the full effect of visible and ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Individuals assemble in areas of lower radiation at midday, yet have no preference to the intensity of light at dawn and dusk (Hartline and Macmillan 1995). These