Saturday, April 15, 2006

"Electronic control device safe": Can you trust the label? / Police One,l14 Apr 2006

http://www.policeone.com/less-lethal/articles/128036/
Chris Myers ; Tom Burns
"In the early 1990's, portable less-lethal chemical agents became standard issue for patrol operations(1). In many cases, these agents have been successful in helping to control resistive or violent subjects without serious injury or an escalation of force. With the re-introduction of Electronic Control Devices in the late 1990's, there is a growing concern of flammability issues when these two less-lethal devices are used simultaneously. We recently conducted forensic testing to determine which brands of OC spray would ignite in combination with Electronic Control Devices under our testing protocol."