A confrontation Monday afternoon at the Lacey Fred Meyer escalated from pepper spray to flare gun to gun, police say. Lacey police were dispatched to the store about 1 p.m., Sgt. Shannon Barnes said.

A new lawsuit filed by less-lethal weapons maker Byrna Technologies argues that California’s ban on “pepper projectile launchers” is flatly unconstitutional under the Second Amendment.

FORT WORTH (CBSNewsTexas.com) — The Fort Worth Police Department now says a man officers shot on March 4, who claimed to have a weapon, was actually carrying a pepper spray gun. The department ...

A Revere man who tried to pass himself off as a security officer to State Police was arrested and charged after he was caught driving along Revere Beach this weekend, Massachusetts State Police ...

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TEXARKANA, Texas (KSLA) - “How do you stop a pedestrian who is walking on the wrong side of the road and you are an officer? How do you stop them?” That’s the question Cheryl Dukes has after her ...

An investigation finds that corrections officers in Pennsylvania use physical force on people who may be unable to comply with orders due to a... In county jails, guards use pepper spray, stun guns to ...

In county jails, guards use pepper spray, stun guns to subdue people in mental crisis An investigation finds that corrections officers in Pennsylvania use physical force on people who may be unable to ...

When police arrived on the scene, they found Ishmail Thompson standing naked outside a hotel near Harrisburg, Pa., after he had just punched a man. After they arrested him, a mental health specialist ...

When police arrived on the scene, they found Ishmail Thompson standing naked outside a hotel near Harrisburg, Pa., after he had just punched a man. After they arrested him, a mental health specialist ...