While some federal agencies have specific rules around less-lethal weapons – including CBP, which prohibits intentionally firing pepper balls at heads unless deadly force is justified, among other ...

A Fullterton police officer killed a man in 2024 by firing a bean bag round that pierced the man's chest. The use of force was ruled justified, but the incident raises questions about law ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Federal agents target protesters with "less lethal" weapons at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building on October 18 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Fullerton police officer killed a man while using so-called less-lethal munitions. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times) In the dark ...

Democrats on the House Homeland Security Committee on Friday launched a probe into the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) arsenal of “less lethal” weapons, citing a string of serious injuries, ...

A woman who was shot in the face with a less-than-lethal round by a police officer while attending a protest in downtown Los Angeles plans to file an excessive force lawsuit. On Jan. 30, Jasmin Lomas, ...

A Fullerton police car is parked outside Troy High School in Fullerton. After an officer with the city's police force killed a man using so-called less-lethal munitions, his use of force has been ...

KGW analyzed hundreds of video clips showing federal officers confronting protesters in Portland. The videos show how crowd control munitions have been misused.

This 13 page document lays out DHS policy for use of force. Now these rules apply to Customs and Border Protection, ICE, and Secret Service and make it clear what protocols agents should follow before ...