PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — After admittedly over-ordering a stockpile of crowd-control munitions in 2020, which is set to expire in January, the Portland Police Bureau is scaling back its order for new ...

As with anything else requiring equipment, both in law enforcement and any other field, evolution occurs. Changes in engineering, the creation of new materials, studies of past events, successes, ...

This is all going to sound a bit cyberpunk dystopia, but there’s now a social media company that allows businesses—and potentially law enforcement services—to incentivize crowd control during riots.

SALEM, Ore. — More than 119,000 people have been injured by tear gas and other chemical irritants around the world since 2015 and some 2,000 suffered injuries from "less lethal" impact projectiles, ...

Los Angeles cops have fired hundreds of rounds of less-lethal ammunition, deployed tear gas and flash bangs to break up the anti-ICE protests that have raged for nearly a week across Southern ...

FOR long hours last week, Detroit’s police hung back from the Twelfth Street riot area. Apparently, one resident quipped, they were hoping that “if they left, the crowd would leave too.” But if there ...

CAMP ATTERBURY, Ind. -- The air waves in the extreme heat before a phalanx of riot control gear as a Molotov cocktail explodes on impact. Troopers of the 4th Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, out of Ft.

The Punjab government has decided to take strict action against those involved in violent protests and damage to public and private property, warning that offenders will not only face punishment but ...

Scientists are questioning the safety of a Star Wars-style riot control ray gun due to be deployed in Iraq next year. The Active Denial System weapon, classified as "less lethal" by the Pentagon, ...