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LRPD explains SRO pepper‑spray policy after overspray complaints at Central High
Summary
LRPD leaders told the school board that school resource officers carry standard department equipment and follow a resistance‑to‑response policy that allows pepper‑spray deployment in certain violent incidents; LRPD said pepper spray was used once in a school this year, and acknowledged overspray affected bystanders and ventilation.
Chief Dyer and LRPD officers answered board questions about pepper‑spray use, school resource officer (SRO) training and coordination with district security after parents reported overspray at Central High.
Dyer described a standard resistance‑to‑response protocol that escalates from verbal direction through soft and hard empty‑hand control and, if necessary, to chemical aerosol devices. "Every…
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