Sedro-Woolley Police Department (SWPD) says a man was arrested after attempting to stab a person and later attempting to set ...

While they can cause serious injuries, “nonlethal” weapons are regularly used in the United States to disperse public demonstrations, including at the recent ICE protests in Los Angeles.

Chemical irritants include tear gas and pepper spray, which cause sensations of burning, pain and inflammation of the airways ...

Columbus Police Department is using these 40mm launchers that fires less-than-lethal spongelike projectiles, and the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department will purchase similar launchers after ...

Rombough collected photos of people he injured shooting the 40mm less-lethal launcher and told Antioch police officers he was collecting the launcher’s spent munitions to craft an American flag, using ...

LAPD’s ‘less-lethal’ projectile launchers are leading to deadly encounters, report finds A Los Angeles police officer aims his “less-lethal” weapon at a demonstrator in June 2020.

A 27-year-old man suspected of breaching a skirmish line during a demonstration in downtown Los Angeles sustained a head injury when he was shot with less-lethal ammunition, the Los Angeles Police ...

It's a 40 mm less-lethal round launcher, which the Centralia Police Department equipped every officer with last summer as a safer alternative to bean bag rounds.

The 40mm launcher fires what are known as kinetic or direct impact projectiles — rounds that are considered less-lethal as they can pose a risk of death or serious injury if they strike the head ...