Laws on pepper spray

[kville79]

TXinvestigator.... thanks for the 411

[txinvestigator]

Originally Posted by kville79

TXinvestigator.... thanks for the 411

Sure thing.

[Hoji]

It really depends on the mood of the LEO you encounter while carrying and the prosecutor who gets the case.

I have a friend who was walking on 6th street during the Austin Faux Mardi Gras and was arrested and eventually charged with a felony.

He had the charges dismissed, but it cost him about 2500 in lawyer fees

He was able to show that "other than a small chemical dispenser sold commercially for personal protection, that is designed, made, or adapted for the
purpose of dispensing a substance capable of causing an adverse
psychological or physiological effect on a human being." was what he was carrying, but it was expensive.

It was a unit that I had given him because I had used it on a group of people brawling in the parking lot of a bar.{ I take them out of service if they get used while working}

[txinvestigator]

Originally Posted by Hoji

It really depends on the mood of the LEO you encounter while carrying and the prosecutor who gets the case.

I have a friend who was walking on 6th street during the Austin Faux Mardi Gras and was arrested and eventually charged with a felony.

He had the charges dismissed, but it cost him about 2500 in lawyer fees

He was able to show that "other than a small chemical dispenser sold commercially for personal protection, that is designed, made, or adapted for the
purpose of dispensing a substance capable of causing an adverse
psychological or physiological effect on a human being." was what he was carrying, but it was expensive.

It was a unit that I had given him because I had used it on a group of people brawling in the parking lot of a bar.{ I take them out of service if they get used while working}

Can you tell us about the OC? Type, size, etc?

I am also interested in the circumstances surrounding the encounter. How did he gain the attention of the police, etc.

[Hoji]

Originally Posted by txinvestigator

Can you tell us about the OC? Type, size, etc?

I am also interested in the circumstances surrounding the encounter. How did he gain the attention of the police, etc.

Sure it was a standard 3 oz can of First Defense X2{with a couple of shots out of it} He was walking down 6th street in Austin and the cylinder lump was noticed in his pocket.

He was stopped by none other than Julie Schroder and then arrested for the possession of a unlawful weapon{class A misdemeanor}.

After posting bond, about a month later the prosecutor charges him with the felony of a chemical dispensing device. He was able to show that a 3oz unit was commercially available anywhere and got the charges dropped{dismissed} but it was expensive.

In hindsight when he was asked where he got the OC he should have said he just bought it but he instead dropped my name{ I am an OC Instructor} and got arrested. I was not there and do not know if he failed the attitude test but I did read his PC affadavit.

[txinvestigator]

Originally Posted by Hoji

Sure it was a standard 3 oz can of First Defense X2{with a couple of shots out of it} He was walking down 6th street in Austin and the cylinder lump was noticed in his pocket.

He was stopped by none other than Julie Schroder and then arrested for the possession of a unlawful weapon{class A misdemeanor}.

After posting bond, about a month later the prosecutor charges him with the felony of a chemical dispensing device. He was able to show that a 3oz unit was commercially available anywhere and got the charges dropped{dismissed} but it was expensive.

In hindsight when he was asked where he got the OC he should have said he just bought it but he instead dropped my name{ I am an OC Instructor} and got arrested. I was not there and do not know if he failed the attitude test but I did read his PC affadavit.

Thanks. I would be interested in seeing the officer's affidavit. I can't imagine a cylinder lump being PC. Regardless, it is sad, at best, that your friend had to endure that.

PS; I am not from Austin, is Julie well known there? Notorious?

[htxred]

Originally Posted by txinvestigator

Thanks. I would be interested in seeing the officer's affidavit. I can't imagine a cylinder lump being PC. Regardless, it is sad, at best, that your friend had to endure that.

PS; I am not from Austin, is Julie well known there? Notorious?

http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrob...d=oid%3A370265

[txinvestigator]

Originally Posted by htxred

http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrob...d=oid%3A370265

I see. Tough call. I have been in some hellaious fights that could have turned into a police shooting, and I came close a couple of times.

[Outrun]

I just came upon this thread.

I just got arrested for having Pepper Spray.

You can read all about it on my new site.

Home

To say the least I am really mad about it.

[txinvestigator]

Originally Posted by Outrun

I just came upon this thread.

I just got arrested for having Pepper Spray.

You can read all about it on my new site.

Home

To say the least I am really mad about it.

I don't read ANYTHING about it on your site, other than your whining about being arrested. You provide ZERO facts, just accusations about the police out there in Wylie.

Why don't you tell us what happened? After the officer saw you in the early morning hours on a residential street messing with a jet ski on a tailer and he asked you for ID, what happened? Did you argue, refuse to provide ID?

Your little website seems to leave out the facts......