The police force around the world use more nonlethal weapons than lethal ones. There’s many ways and reasons police force use nonlethal weapons to subdue criminals. It’s interesting to know what are these nonlethal weapons and how they are used.

Since world war two nonlethal weapons have been used to stop and control inhuman people. And many of these weapons include.The Taser is an electroshock weapon developed in the 1970s. Using compressed nitrogen charges, it fires two hook-like electrodes that send an electrical current into a person, causing involuntary muscle spasms. The weapon can also be used without propelling electrodes, producing instead an electrical arc that can be thrust into a person. Tasers are designed to be used instead of firearms, greatly reducing deaths in the process

. Another well used nonlethal weapon is the projectile which can be shot from any type of weapon. The primary purpose of a projectile …show more content…
The majority of the nonlethal weapons the police force uses has to once be used on them in order to carry. For instance an officer that has a mace container on them has to be shot in the face for 3 seconds with pepper spray so they can see what it does to the human body before they use it on the public. . Nonlethal weapons can also be used out in battle, and control the movement of peoples populations, so people won’t enter into restricted areas, “as they were used by the USMC's 1st Marine Expeditionary Force in Somalia in 1995”.back then, the police force and the military faced many conflict had few acceptable options. The Military often found themselves restricted to carrying unloaded weapons. police forces are able to use only batons, or bayonet or saber charges, or fire live ammunition at crowds that have grown in size too much for simple nonlethal