According to LAPD policy, officers are only allowed to deploy 40mm “less-lethal” launchers when there is an immediate threat ...

A federal judge banned Los Angeles Police Department officers from using some less-lethal launchers at protests, after ...

Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons during immigration ...

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Police are often called upon to handle dangerous situations and react in a split second. Today, they have more tools at their disposal to deal with unruly people. There is ...

A serious interaction with law enforcement can have deadly consequences. In 2024, there were 32 fatal incidents of police shootings in Pennsylvania. The first was Jan. 7, when Christopher Lee Shepherd ...

This post was updated Sept. 17 at 8:26 p.m. The UC Board of Regents approved the UCLA police department’s request for less-than-lethal munition launchers and sponge rounds at a Wednesday meeting. The ...

Sergio Espejo didn’t come to Los Angeles with activism in mind. He planned to visit a friend as he had done many times in the past. Except, this summer the city was engulfed in protests, sparked by a ...

As the Trump administration’s immigration dragnet intensified in June, a nurse in Portland, Oregon, left work one midafternoon and drove to a nearby detention facility to voice his opposition. Federal ...

FIRST ON FOX: A company that sells self-defense weapons brought a lawsuit on Wednesday against Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, alleging that California, a state heavy on gun restrictions, was violating ...

SAN DIEGO — A federal lawsuit filed this week in San Diego is challenging California's prohibition on less-lethal pepper projectile weapons, arguing that the state's ban violates Second Amendment ...