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Supervisors move to curb pepper spray use in San Diego County juvenile halls

San Diego County supervisors voted Tuesday to explore phasing out pepper spray in local juvenile detention facilities, citing concerns that probation officers use the chemical agent instead of trying ...
Arkansas Times

LRSD reviewing use of pepper spray by police on school campuses after Central High incident

Police officers stationed at Little Rock Central High School used pepper spray to break up a fight on Aug. 13, the third day of the new school year. Onlooking students were caught in the cloud, ...
Austin American-Statesman

APD: Officer's viral pepper spray use likely fell 'within policy' during anti-ICE protest

The Austin Police Department is defending an officer’s use of pepper spray during Monday’s anti-deportation protest downtown. A viral video posted to Reddit a day after the demonstration shows an ...
The New York Times

Police reviews say pepper spray use justified amid Michigan-Ohio State postgame brawl

Reviews by two Ohio agencies concluded that law enforcement officials were justified in using pepper spray while breaking up the on-field brawl after the Michigan-Ohio State game in November. The ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Little Rock Police Department disputes School Board’s arguments over officers’ use of pepper spray

A pepper spray incident at Little Rock’s largest school two months ago sparked a heated discussion Thursday between the school board and law enforcement. The confrontation between the Little Rock ...