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Pepper Spray Hazardous
Loaded on Oct. 15, 1994
published in Prison Legal News
October, 1994, page 11
The July 2, 1994, issue of the Seattle Times reported that troopers with the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) will no longer be sprayed with pepper spray as part of their training. The change in policy came after patrol Lt. Harold Frear filed a complaint with the Florida state Labor Department. ...
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