That's sometimes enough to knock a person to the ground. Officers call for them when they feel they are needed. Most suburban Tristate departments do not have the beanbag guns or the launchers that release the 40mm sponge rounds. I think they are great because it enables you to use something without having to go to lethal force. His city has had beanbags for two years, but has never used them.
Norwood officers have beanbags and Tasers.
Rubber projectiles are on the way. They are effective. Still, an officer's got to use some common sense. Patrick Crowley and David Eck contributed. The Cincinnati Enquirer , a Gannett Co. Inc. newspaper.