Two police officers joked about using a full can of Pava spray on a 92-year-old care home resident who had just been tasered and arrested, a court has heard. Body-worn video footage of officers in the ...

The discriminatory use of pepper spray against Black inmates has been “normalised” in male prisons, campaigners say, as new figures show a shocking spike in cases. The Prison Reform Trust (PRT) has ...

West Yorkshire Police has confirmed they are investigating an incident after viral footage showed an officer blasting members of the public with pepper spray. Video shared on social media shows an ...

There is no evidence to suggest that using incapacitating spray on children will reduce levels of harm and violence in custody, and “clear evidence” that it will be disproportionately used on children ...

In 2024, Pava, a non-lethal pepper spray used by police and prison officers, was used 1,331 times and drawn but not used 600 ...

THERE is “clear evidence” that using an incapacitating spray on children in custody will be disproportionately used on those from racial or religious minorities, the High Court heard today. The Howard ...

Police were forced to use PAVA spray to control thugs who attacked officers with a broken hokey stick at a 'gathering' in Glasgow. Officers from Police Scotland were called to an address in the city ...

A wanted burglar assaulted a police officer as he tried to arrest him and sprayed him in the face with PAVA spray. Simon Allen has been jailed for two years and eight months after he admitted a string ...

A police officer used Pava spray to quell a man who was attempting to run away during an incident involving an assault on an officer. Jacob Ashford, 32, of Finkle Street, Cottingham, admitted ...