Pepper spray
Pepper Spray Evaluation Project: Results of the Introduction of Oleoresin Capsicum (OC) Into the Baltimore County, MD, Police Department
De-escalation Training: What Works, Implementation Lessons, and Taking It to Scale; Plenary at the 2023 NIJ Research Conference
Police use of force, while infrequently used, is a tremendous concern to public safety in the United States when officers employ it excessively or inappropriately, causing injury or death and eroding public trust in law enforcement. This plenary from the 2023 NIJ Research Conference describes the Integrating, Communications, Assessment, and Tactics (ICAT) de-escalation training program developed by the Police Executive Research Forum to guide officers in defusing critical incidents.
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New Technologies Protect Officers and Inmates
New Technologies Demonstrated for Law Enforcement
Using Shotguns as Less-Lethal Weapons
From Idea to Invention
Effect of Less-Lethal Weapons on Injuries in Police Use-of-Force Events
New at NIST
Non-Lethal Systems Research and Development: Pepper Spray Launcher/Disperser Final Report
Police-on-Police Shootings and the Puzzle of Unconscious Racial Bias
Professor Christopher Stone recently completed a study of police-on-police shootings as part of a task force he chaired in New York State. He reported on his findings and recommendations, exploring the role of race in policing decisions, methods to improve training and tactics to defuse police-on-police confrontations before they become fatal, and methods to improve the investigations of such shootings.
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Are CEDs Safe and Effective?
Thousands of law enforcement agencies throughout the United States have adopted conducted energy devices (CEDs) as a safe method to subdue individuals, but are these devices really safe? What policies should agencies adopt to ensure the proper use of this technology? This NIJ Conference Panel discusses the physiological effects of electrical current in the human body caused by CEDs, as well as how this technology can reduce injuries to officers and suspects when appropriate policies and training are followed.
Pepper Spray: Research Insights on Effects and Effectiveness Have Curbed Its Appeal
NIJ's 50th Anniversary - Looking Back, Looking Forward
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