WASHINGTON — Pepper spray could become permanently legal to buy and use in D.C. under a new crime bill. Introduced by DC Councilmember Brooke Pinto on Wednesday, the Secure Omnibus includes provisions ...
When Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall reopened in July 2023, probation officers arriving for their first shifts were forced to surrender the pepper spray canisters they had relied on to combat fights and ...
Nearly four years ago, Los Angeles County supervisors voted to stop probation officers from using pepper spray at juvenile facilities, likening its use to an “assault” — only to see the ban go ...
A federal jury Thursday deliberated less than two hours before finding a former Portland police sergeant did not use excessive force when he pepper-sprayed a woman in the face in Kenton Park in ...