The OC spray is very strong, it will open up your sinuses when you cuff and transport the suspect.
It’s pretty much instantly incapacitating. The eyes water so much the subject involuntarily closes them, the nose runs like a faucet and if they bring their hands to their eyes and try to wipe the OC away it just gets worse.
In an LE setting OC is not a replacement for deadly force, when an officer deploys OC it’s most often in a situation where lethal force is not justified.
It’s pretty much instantly incapacitating. The eyes water so much the subject involuntarily closes them, the nose runs like a faucet and if they bring their hands to their eyes and try to wipe the OC away it just gets worse.
In an LE setting OC is not a replacement for deadly force, when an officer deploys OC it’s most often in a situation where lethal force is not justified.