Alameda County has agreed to ban rubber bullets, beanbags and less-lethal munitions for crowd control as part of a settlement after sheriff’s deputies fired rubber bullets and injured two people ...

Protesters who have participated in demonstrations in Portland are familiar with rubber bullets, pepper balls, teargas canisters, and other kinetic impact projectiles (KIPs). Just last week, the ...

Alameda County, California, agreed to restrict crowd control munitions such as rubber bullets and bean bags. Pictured: Police officers detain demonstrators in Oakland, California, on June 1, 2020 ...

Portland police relied too heavily on tear gas, projectiles, hand-thrown rubber-ball explosives and other distraction devices that harmed peaceful people in the crowd during 2020′s social ...

Alameda County has agreed to ban rubber bullets, bean bags and less-lethal munitions for crowd control as part of a settlement after sheriff’s deputies fired rubber bullets and injured two ...

SAN FRANCISCO — A Northern California county has agreed to ban rubber bullets, bean bags and less-lethal munitions for crowd control as part of a settlement after sheriff’s deputies fired ...

Unlike much of the US military, LAPD officers are given extensive training in crowd control techniques, many of which were put into action amid the social unrest in the city that followed the death… ...

Portland police won’t use ‘flash-bang’ rubber ball devices for crowd control, city will pay $250,000 to settle suit by Don’t Shoot Portland Updated: Sep. 26, 2023, 11:03 a.m. | Published ...

The city agreed last week to pay $375,000 to settle a civil lawsuit by a Portland woman injured in a 2020 protest when a police officer fired a crowd control munition at her feet. The suit, filed ...

The measure will restrict the use of chemical crowd control agents and kinetic impact projectiles by law enforcement agents operating in Boston. ... Rubber Bullets. May 13, 2021.

LONDON - Some types of rubber bullets used by police to restrain unruly protesters kill and maim too often to be considered a safe method of crowd control, new research concludes. Rubber-coated ...