SAFE POLICE WEAPONS

• NCJ Number: 7955
• Author(s): J F COATES
• Date Published: 1968
• Length: 60 pages
• Corporate Author: Institute for Defense Analyses
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: REPRINTED FROM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Annotation

CONSIDERATION OF THE USE OF CHEMICAL SPRAYS, DYE MARKERS, AND DARTS AS SUPPLEMENTS TO THE TRADITIONAL NIGHTSTICKS AND PISTOLS.

Abstract

SITUATIONS IN WHICH NONLETHAL WEAPONS CAN BE USED, WAYS IN WHICH POLICE OPERATIONS MIGHT BE AFFECTED BY THE USE OF SUCH WEAPONS, AND THE POSSIBLE REACTIONS OF THE PUBLIC ARE POINTED OUT. VARIOUS EXPERIMENTAL NONLETHAL WEAPONS AND THOSE CURRENTLY IN USE ARE DESCRIBED.