While the 12-gauge weapon platform has remained relatively unchanged, the munitions themselves have evolved quite a bit. While the 12-gauge weapon platform has remained relatively unchanged, the ...

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (7News) — Police officers inFairfax County, Virginia now have another tool in their crimefighting arsenal. The Fairfax County Police Department (FCPD) announced Wednesday that they ...

AUSTIN, Texas — With several days of protests across the city at times resulting in less-lethal gunfire from police against protesters, many people have been questioning the munitions currently in use ...

The Fairfax County Police Department has switched out patrol shotguns for a less-lethal alternative. The department took 800 shotguns out of its circulation and put 630 beanbag shotguns into use.

In the summer of 2020, several people in Dallas were seriously injured by what is known as less-lethal ammunition. The ammo was fired by police officers in a supposed attempt to control protesters ...

At the Fairfax County Police Department, patrol officers have swapped shotgun ammunition for a new projectile: beanbags. The department said this week that officials took 800 12-gauge shotguns and ...

PORT RICHEY, Fla. (WFLA) — A call regarding a disturbance in Port Richey Tuesday evening resulted in deputies taking down a suspect using “less-lethal” ammo, according to the Pasco County Sheriff’s ...

Law enforcement agencies in Washington are facing a decision about whether to continue using less-lethal ammunition to detain people. This includes beanbag or sponge-tipped rounds. Police say those ...

California Highway Patrol officers fired nearly 60 “less lethal” projectiles at protesters while clearing a pro-Palestinian encampment on the UCLA campus in early May, the agency disclosed in a new ...

PIONEER, California (KOVR) — The Amador County Sheriff’s Office fired four less-than-lethal shotgun rounds at the van that a hatchet, bow and arrow, and rifle-wielding suspect who rebuffed their ...

HAMILTON, Ohio (WKRC) - Hamilton Police used less-lethal extended-range impact rounds to keep a man from getting a gun and carrying out threats he allegedly made to someone earlier in the evening.