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 ...

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 - ...

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 ...

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 ...