Source: World Wide Web
According to Hong Kong's "Sing Tao Daily" reported on the 13th, there were many violent incidents during the "amendment storm" in Hong Kong in 2019, prompting the police force to examine the effectiveness of low-force equipment, and last year began to introduce the "pepper water launcher" of Swiss manufacturers and conduct related training. The Police said that the field test plan will be carried out from the 17th, and the Hong Kong Island Satroopers will take the lead in equipping the equipment, take it out and use it when necessary, and review and study the next deployment and use plan after 3 months to enhance the effectiveness of stopping violence and controlling chaos.
Police officer demonstrates the use of a "pepper water transmitter" (Image source: Sing Tao Daily)
According to the report, the police have introduced accurate anti-riot equipment, and the results of anti-riot and anti-riot control have been more outstanding. The police invited the media to the police mobile unit base located in Fanling on the 11th, demonstrated the launch of the gun barrel as an orange "pepper water launcher", the scene suddenly blew a strong wind, the demonstration personnel and the two target dolls were 1.5 meters and 5 meters apart, the personnel took out the equipment, first aimed at the chest position of the doll with red light points, and then shot out blue pepper water, the white clothes of the two dolls were suddenly dyed blue, but there was no other damage.
Police Mobile Force Training School Superintendent Yuen Wing Kang said that during the "black riot" in 2019, public and private property was repeatedly destroyed, police officers and dissident citizens were attacked from time to time, it is necessary for the police force to provide more effective low-lethal weapons for frontline personnel, after analyzing the weapons data of Swiss manufacturers last year, it was confirmed that the "pepper water launcher" was a low-lethal weapon, and began to introduce and carry out relevant training for frontline personnel.
Police officer demonstrates the use of "pepper water transmitter" (Source: Hong Kong media)
Yuan Yongkang said that after each injection of the pepper water launcher, it can fire pepper water agent four times, the effective range is as far as 7 meters, but the impact force is not strong, the composition is chili oleoresin, the mucous membrane of the hit person will be instantly swollen, the eyes are closed, after inhalation will cause cough, the skin and mouth and nose have a burning sensation, may also be dry vomiting, the blue dye will remain on the nails, skin and clothes, the effect lasts for 30 to 45 minutes, will not cause permanent effects, and the original pepper spray and pepper ball gun effect, but "pepper water launcher" It can hit the target more accurately, and the hit rate will not be affected by wind and rain.
Yuan Yongkang said that after using the "pepper water launcher" and determining that the other party is subdued, they will take the other party to the ventilation place as soon as possible and wash it with a large amount of water, while asking the other party to relax as much as possible and keep breathing smooth. He stressed that the manufacturer listed that the equipment could be fired at the head, but the police tended to require personnel to shoot at the center of the target person's body, such as the chest, and the guidelines for use were more stringent than those of the manufacturer, and that, like other rules for the use of equipment, once the equipment was used, the personnel had to report to their superiors.
The "pepper water transmitter" will be deployed on the left chest of the police officer (Source: Hong Kong media)
The Police plan to extend the application of the "Pepper Water Launcher" to the daily policing work, and from 17 October this year to 15 January next year, the police will conduct a pilot project on the ground, first equipping the frontline personnel of the Hong Kong Island Region STORMC on duty. Yuan Yongkang said that due to the abundance of bars on Hong Kong Island, which is prone to breeding violent cases, the police chose the Hong Kong Island Region as a trial area, when each stormtrooper will carry the equipment, the relevant personnel have also understood the operation, after the end of the trial plan, the police will analyze the collected data, pay attention to whether there is room for improvement, in order to decide the next step of the equipment and use plan.
Mr Yuen concluded that the introduction of the Pepper Water Launcher had helped frontline personnel deal with violent cases more effectively, safely and professionally, and had increased options for the use of force, reiterating that the Force had always had a very strict code of conduct on the use of force, and that as long as the public obeyed the law and obeyed the police's instructions in the event of an accident, there was no need to worry about the use of force by the police.