Protesters who have participated in demonstrations in Portland are familiar with rubber bullets, pepper balls, teargas canisters, and other kinetic impact projectiles (KIPs). Just last week, the city ...

Here's what the weapons are, how and when they're used, and why they're controversial.

BOSTON (WHDH) - The Boston City Council voted Wednesday to pass an ordinance that limits the use of chemical crowd control agents and kinetic impact projectiles by law enforcement agents. The council ...

California would restrict the use of rubber bullets and chemical irritants during protests under legislation advanced Thursday in the wake of last year’s widespread public demonstrations over racial ...

SAN DIEGO — A bill by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, setting standards on the use of "less-lethal" weapons by law enforcement officers, passed the Senate Public Safety committee Friday by ...

DENVER (KDVR) — A FOX31 Problem Solvers investigation has determined police officers from seven tactical or crowd control teams used at least 541 “less lethal,” 40mm sponge grenade projectiles, which ...

Police officers of the Noblesville, Ind., Police Department's Emergency Response Unit tactically breach rooms and hallways of the Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center Live Fire Shoot House in ...