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March 2023 Blues Vol 39 No. 3

  • Text
  • Police
  • Rex evans
  • Michael barron
  • Pepperball
  • Non lethal
  • Less than lethal
  • Memphis police
  • Scorpion
  • Worlds largest police magazine
  • Largest police magazine in us
  • Police magazine
  • Police news
  • Blues police magazine
  • Wwwbluespdmagcom
  • Blues
48 SCORPION STREET CRIME UNITS • FULTON COUNTY SCORPION - DOES IT RIGHT • MEMPHIS UNIT SHUT DOWN AND FIVE OFFICERS INDICTED 60 ALTERNATIVES TO LETHAL FORCE DEPARTMENTS 6 PUBLISHER’S THOUGHTS 8 EDITOR’S THOUGHTS 12 GUEST COMMENTARY lEONARD A. SIPES 16 NEWS AROUND THE US 68 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 70 REMEMBERING OUR FALLEN HEROES 80 WAR STORIES 84 AFTERMATH 90 HEALING OUR HEROES 92 DARYL’S DELIBERATIONS 94 LIGHT BULB AWARD 96 RUNNING 4 HEROES 98 BLUE MENTAL HEALTH DR. 100 ADS BACK IN THE DAY 104 PARTING SHOTS 106 BUYERS GUIDE 126 NOW HIRING 192 BACK PAGE

PepperBall, the only

PepperBall, the only product on the market qualified to be called NON-LETHAL. PNEUMATIC AIR LAUNCHERS AND PAVA PRO- JECTILES — WHAT THEY ARE Pneumatic air launchers are similar to air powered paintball guns and pose minimal risk to either the user or the suspect. Pneumatic air launchers are not guns or firearms and typically deploy .68 caliber projectiles. The leading company is the space is Pepper- Ball®, the only product on the market with a near-zero fatality rate and qualified to be called NON-LETHAL. PepperBall is a non-lethal disabling-irritant delivery system that uses high-pressure air or CO2 to deliver proprietary PAVA powder projectiles from a safe distance. The PepperBall projectiles are designed to break and release the temporarily incapacitating compound in a powder cloud. The kinetic impact of PepperBall is one-tenth that of 12 gauge drag- stabilized or 37/40 mm foam less-lethal munitions. PEPPERBALL ADDS A SAFE, NON-FIREARM OPTION TO AGENCIES’ ARSENAL. PepperBall combines proprietary PAVA-based irritant exposure with the capability to also deliver a moderate kinetic impact. In contrast to less-lethal 12 gauge and 37/40 mm munitions, the PepperBall round weighs only 3.0-3.4 grams and hits the body at 10-12 foot-pounds, similar to the kinetics of a recreational paintball marker. This greatly reduces the possibility of serious injury by a direct impact. PEPPERBALL IS DESIGNED TO BE USED SOON- ER AND SAFER THAN OTHER FORCE OPTIONS. When officers have only a fraction of a second to make a difficult decision, PepperBall makes the 70 The BLUES The BLUES 71

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