non-lethal weapons

Nowadays law enforcement organizations all over the U.S. operate non-lethal weapons on the job. non-deadly weapons are defined as," technological devices to stop and disable armed, unsafe, and violent topics with no resorting to the use of firearms." non-deadly weapons have mainly been used in on-the-street confrontations like, prisoner rescues, jail riots, suicide interventions and civil turbulence. non-deadly weapons have been used the most when lesser force can suppress the attacker, when lethal force is not suitable and if lethal force might cause security damage to property or bystanders. Though there are some draw backs to these new weapons like a false sense of safety and strength they tend to be superior then hand to hand fight or traditional non-firearms like flashlights or batons.

Within 1972, a conference was detained by the Attorney General and the National Science Foundation, to discuss options to lethal weapons. Previous to the U.S. Supreme Courtyard ruling to limit the use of "deadly force against felons."(Hart) in the Tennessee Vs. Garner test. In 1987 the U.S. Military Substance Research, Development, and Engineering Center at Aberdeen Proving Foundation, started testing the functions of substance darts. At this time the investigate was concentrated on the use of the darts only, until 1992 when the National Institute of Justice expanded investigate to comprise all possible non-lethal weapons.