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UK: Injury postpones CS gas tests

01 July 1995

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Police trials of CS gas sprays have been postponed after a Metropolitan police inspector suffered burns to his eyes during tests in Northampton in May. The officer needed hospital treatment. Country-wide street trials, planned for July, have been put back while an investigation is carried out into the incident. While the Home Office has insisted that CS gas is "tried and tested" the injury has thrown into question the suitability of the sprays as a police weapon. The Home Office gave the go-ahead for street trials of CS gas sprays after health problems were identified with the use of pepper sprays (See Statewatch vol 5, no 2); Police Review 16.6.95.

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