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By Eugene V. Morabito
Vol. XXII, No. 445. May 15, 1996
A publication of John Jay College of Criminal Justice/CUNYAnswering Questions, posing new ones on the use of OC spray"The study of which I was a co-author, reviewed over 2,000 use-of-force reports from the Tallahassee, Florida Police Department filed between May 1, 1993, and December 31, 1995.""A second phase of the study examined OC effectiveness. Pepper spray worked in 72.7 percent of the incidents". "Effectiveness was significantly lower for those offenders receiving multiple doses. The effectiveness rate of these suspects was 58.3 percent."

 

Note: "First-Defense" brand of pepper spray from Defense Technology Corporation of America was involved in these case studies, performed by Florida State University."

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