Time for US and UK to pay up for Victims of Gas Supplied to Abusers

Blundering police forced to pay out £38,000 after trainee officers suffered burns and blisters when being forced to walk through CS gas cloud

By Charles Walford – 30th January, 2012

Police recruits suffered burns and blisters during a training exercise using CS spray, it has emerged.

The 18 rookie officers at Greater Manchester Police were affected after being made to walk through a cloud of the noxious gas.

Police chiefs have paid now paid out £38,000 to the group of officers, one of whom suffered ill-effects for a year after the incident.

The training, at GMP’s Hough End Centre in Chorlton, Manchester, was designed to get the new recruits used to working with the spray, which is used to stop aggressive suspects or control crowds.
Officers at Greater Manchester Police were taking part in a training exercise when they were affected by the CS gas

Officers from Greater Manchester Police were taking part in a training exercise when they were affected by the CS gas

But the exercise used a training version of the spray 10 times stronger than used on the streets – the use of which the force has since banned.
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