That's hotter than law enforcement-grade pepper spray, which can reach up to 2 million SHU. It was created by Puckerbutt Pepper Co., which also developed the previous 10-year record holder, the ...

Jalapeño peppers have between 2,500 and 10,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU), while most law enforcement pepper sprays have up to 2 million. Some brands go as high as 5.3 million SHU.

Law enforcement agencies in the United States use pepper spray during policing, crowd control, and to suppress protests and demonstrations. The use of pepper spray remains controversial.

As the Lafayette Square protest—when law enforcement aggressively removed peaceful protesters on June 1 before a White House photo-op—increasingly becomes a major scandal for the Trump ...

A Pennsylvania man who threw a folding chair at law enforcement and repeatedly used pepper spray on police during the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol was sentenced Friday to more than 14 ...

The guns, which hold two rounds at a time of pepper spray that can be fired long distances at more than 400 miles per hour, are currently being used by four agencies in Utah.