Police body worn camera video shows a somewhat chaotic scene on May 30, 2024, when officers encounter Kievin Conver outside ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Police break up a pro-Palestinian protest at UC Irvine in the spring of 2024. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) University of ...

Police have been banned from using a powerful, non-lethal weapon to control protests in an extraordinary federal court decision. Judge Consuelo B. Marshall ruled on Thursday the Los Angeles Police ...

In extreme cases, sonic weapons can cause nausea, dizziness, and even permanent damage. In this case, officials used it to declare unlawful assembly.

Alarmed by a spike in pepper spray use and threats of sound cannons at protests, human rights groups want a review of "less lethal" weapons for crowd control.

Rank-and-file police officers have blasted an “activist” federal judge for what they say is a dangerous ruling that strips cops of critical tools needed to control violent street protests In Los ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. U.S. District Judge Hernán D. Vera barred the LAPD from using so-called less lethal munitions against journalists ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. UC regents approved requests from five campuses for mostly nonlethal equipment. The largest request came from UC ...

University of California police will be replenishing and increasing their stockpile of military-grade weapons and equipment — including drones, bullets and thousands of pepper-ball rounds — as part of ...