Dallas Observer

Civil Rights Groups Are Calling on Governor Perry to End the Use of Tasers and Pepper Spray in Schools

Last year, the Texas Legislature passed on the chance to ban cops and security guards from using Tasers and pepper spray on students in public school. With the state’s largest police group, the ...
Arkansas Times

LRSD reviewing use of pepper spray by police on school campuses after Central High incident

Police officers stationed at Little Rock Central High School used pepper spray to break up a fight on Aug. 13, the third day of the new school year. Onlooking students were caught in the cloud, ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Supervisor Monica Montgomery Steppe wants to end use of pepper spray in juvenile halls

San Diego County Board of Supervisors Vice Chair Monica Montgomery Steppe is asking her colleagues to support a proposal that could phase out the use of pepper spray in local juvenile detention ...
Arkansas Times

LRPD defends fogging Central High students with pepper spray

The Little Rock Police Department defended officers’ use of pepper spray in Little Rock schools at last week’s Little Rock School Board meeting. On Thursday night, LRPD Assistant Chief Andre Dyer ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Little Rock Police Department disputes School Board’s arguments over officers’ use of pepper spray

A pepper spray incident at Little Rock’s largest school two months ago sparked a heated discussion Thursday between the school board and law enforcement. The confrontation between the Little Rock ...