PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — After admittedly over-ordering a stockpile of crowd-control munitions in 2020, which is set to expire in January, the Portland Police Bureau is scaling back its order for new ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (Portland Tribune) — Following the June 17 decision by Portland’s rapid response officers to quit the team, the Sheriff’s Office is expected to curtail riot response assignments in ...

SALEM, Ore. — More than 119,000 people have been injured by tear gas and other chemical irritants around the world since 2015 and some 2,000 suffered injuries from "less lethal" impact projectiles, ...

This is all going to sound a bit cyberpunk dystopia, but there’s now a social media company that allows businesses—and potentially law enforcement services—to incentivize crowd control during riots.

As with anything else requiring equipment, both in law enforcement and any other field, evolution occurs. Changes in engineering, the creation of new materials, studies of past events, successes, ...

More than 119,000 people have been injured by tear gas and other chemical irritants around the world since 2015 and some 2,000 suffered injuries from "less lethal" impact projectiles, according to a ...