Marines set to graduate from the Marine Corps Embassy Security Group school had the misfortune of becoming OC spray-certified last week — but managed to do so with a little creative flair. A handful ...

One hundred years ago, an American pharmacist named Wilbur Scoville developed a scale to measure the intensity of a pepper's burn. The scale - as you can see on the widely used chart to the left - ...

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. - Pepper spray shows up on television and in the news quite often. There is a good reason for that. It hurts. It really hurts. In order to certify their ability to ...

Victims of two recent street crimes in New Haven reported being sprayed with the irritant before being robbed, police say.

"Works great on social beggars or anyone else you want to keep in their place. Perfect for use on prep school scholarship students!" read one of several dozen Amazon reviews of pepper spray - many of ...

Marines from the 26th MEU go through OC spray certification aboard the amphibious assault ship Iwo Jima. (Cpl. Jon Sosner/Marines) Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, embarked aboard the ...

When Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall reopened in July 2023, probation officers arriving for their first shifts were forced to surrender the pepper spray canisters they had relied on to combat fights and ...

Detainees at a state-run immigration camp in Florida were pepper sprayed by officers in October. The incident occurred after detainees protested food quality and barricaded themselves in a housing ...

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner has announced charges against a Philadelphia police officer accused of assaulting three protesters on I-676 back on June 1. Officer Richard Nicoletti, 35, ...

Have you noticed? The acrid aroma of pepper spray is everywhere. Maybe it's time to pause and reflect on the suddenly prevalent repellent. Pepper spray has become so commonplace in contemporary and ...

FORT STEWART, Ga. - "It kind of feels like somebody getting gasoline, pouring it on your face and lighting a match," said Spc. Joshua Willison, a military police officer with the military police ...