LVH-Cedar Crest cited for using pepper spray to restrain patient, other issues

Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest was cited by the Pennsylvania Department of Health in September after pepper spray was ...

Pepper gel use at Tewksbury Hospital prompts controversial security overhaul

A violent confrontation at Tewksbury Hospital raised questions about how to care for patients from the state's criminal ...

Police Use Of Pepper Spray At Hawaiʻi School Boosts Calls For Counselors

Some community members say the incident at a Kapolei Middle School underscores the need for behavioral health staff at the ...
Duluth News Tribune

Police: Shots fired at law officers, protesters pepper sprayed as pipeline protest site turns tense

MORTON COUNTY, N.D. - Hundreds of officers in riot gear and military vehicles broke through the front lines of the Dakota Access Pipeline resistance Thursday, Oct. 27, using pepper spray and other ...

Pepper spray would be easier to get under NY bill: ‘Very simple non-lethal safety measure’

Despite fears about crime in New York, state law makes it illegal to ship pepper spray to anyone in the Empire State.

Crystal closes park after youth takeover with water pellet guns and pepper spray

The city of Crystal closed Becker Park this past weekend after large groups of children and teenagers met there, started fights and shot water pellet guns. Crystal police said in a social media post ...
The San Bernardino Sun

Officer on leave for using pepper spray during girls brawl at LA County juvenile facility

A Los Angeles County probation officer has been placed on administrative leave pending an internal affairs investigation for carrying and using pepper spray during a ...