LAPD’s ‘less-lethal’ projectile launchers are leading to deadly encounters, report finds
Los Angeles police officers fired 40-millimeter projectiles intended to stop people through “pain compliance” at least 133 times last year — including nine cases where civilians were also shot at with firearms, according to a department report made public this week. LAPD officers use “less-lethal” launcher devices far more often than other big-city agencies, the report to the department’s civilian oversight commission found, renewing questions about whether they are an effective tool for subduing uncooperative individuals, as top officials have insisted. LAPD officers fired 40-millimeter rounds in at least nine of the 34 police shootings last year, compared with at least four times in 31 shootings the year before, the report found. LAPD officers fired launchers in 74 separate incidents last year, Tuesday’s report said.
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