Appendix "A" for Intermediate Weapons

An expandable / collapsible baton is a cylindrical club with a cylindrical outer shaft containing telescoping inner shafts that lock into each other when expanded. One end section has a foam or similar grip surface. The last section has a weighted cap at the striking tip. The sections open with manual or centrifugal force and lock together with a friction lock or locking collars at each joint. The sections release with either a spring- loaded button or by manually generated downward force, striking the tip on a hard surface. It is carried in a scabbard on the belt of police Officers and used as a compliance tool and defensive weapon by police Officers.

A straight baton is a one-piece cylindrical club that is carried as a compliance tool and defensive weapon by police
Officers.

BCPPS 1.3.2 identifies specific CEW models approved for use by police in British Columbia.

Approved CEW models can attach one or two cartridges, have laser sights, fixed rear and front mechanical sights, and an ambidextrous safety switch. Approved CEW models fire probes by expelling compressed nitrogen capsules, from detachable cartridges which are attached by up to 25 feet (7.62 meters) of conductive wires.

Approved CEW models can also be deployed in direct contact with the intended subject, with the cartridge on or removed.

The electrical output of approved CEW models must be within the parameters contained in Appendix “A”, attached to BCPPS 1.3.6 CEW Testing and Maintenance.

Micro pulverized Dust Disbursement Device / Ferret: Are free from the effects of fire, concussion, or fragmentation. Can be thrown, launched, or air-dropped and has a variable expulsion delay mechanism, which, when fired, drives a piston which forces the micro pulverized capsaicin dust payload through a machined discharge port. These forms are also capable of penetrating structures.

Aerosol: A substance enclosed under pressure and able to be released as a fine spray, typically by means of a propellant gas.

Fog: A spray pattern that is denser than aerosol.

• a temporarily blinding flash of light not exceeding eight million candelas for ten milliseconds; and
• a loud “bang” causing temporary disruption of hearing, not exceeding 175 decibels at five feet (1.5 meters). Approved models are available in single use or reloadable devices with single or multiple blast capability.

Extended Range Impact Weapon (ERIW): The ERIW consist of a device firing a special projectile designed to gain compliance, overcome resistance, or prevent serious injury or death.

Kinetic Energy Impact Projectile (KEIP): Flexible or non-flexible projectiles, which are intended to gain compliance or incapacitate a subject through pain compliance, with a reduced potential for causing death or serious injury when properly used.

Approved models include multi or single-shot launchers in 12 gauge, 37- or 40-mm capable of discharging the following approved munitions:

Rubber & Plastic Bullets or Pellet Rounds: solid spherical, or cylindrical projectiles capable of being discharged from the 12 gauge, 37- or 40-mm launchers, and fired as single shots or in groups of multiple projectiles. Approved projectiles are made of rubber, plastic, PVC, or composite materials.

Sponge Rounds: projectiles that limit penetration of the projectile into the skin by having a tip or nose that is slightly softer. Sponge rounds are constructed with a hard foam nose or attenuated energy (collapsing on impact) projectiles with a hollow nose and are available in 37- and 40-mm sizes.

Bean Bag Rounds: also known as flexible batons, are synthetic cloth bags made of cotton and Kevlar filled with small bird shot pellets. The bags are fitted into a plastic 12 gauge cartridge and expand to shape when deployed presenting a consistent aerodynamic shape.

Such launchers are also often known as "gas guns" due to their original use by police for launching tear gas projectiles. Launching cup adapters with launching cartridges allow the long-range use of smoke, OC, and CS Disbursement Devices (which would normally be thrown) to be launched from the 37mm, 40mm launchers as well as 12-gauge shotguns.

NOTE: "Disbursement Device" used in this context are all less-lethal munitions and not designed to cause death or dismemberment as in the primary function of military Disbursement Devices.

Less-lethal Disbursement Devices are most commonly used in tactical or crowd management situations and are designed with indoor/outdoor operations in mind. They are most effective when used in confined areas and close to the target area to minimize the risks to all parties through pain compliance, temporary discomfort and/or incapacitation of potentially violent or dangerous subjects. Less-lethal Disbursement Devices can discharge small rubber or plastic pellets, irritant gasses (OS, CS), or smoke.

Disbursement Devices can be hand thrown, launched, or OC/CS irritant and smoke Disbursement Devices can also be inserted through structural barriers using a gas injector unit.

Approved models may have a body composed either of sheet steel with emission holes on the top and bottom capable of discharging OC/CS irritants, or smoke (available in many colours), or a rubber body containing a fuse, a separating fuse body, a black powder separation charge, a pressed black powder delay, a bursting charge of flash powder, or rubber pellets.

Approved launchers include an attachment to 12 gauge, 37- or 40-mm launchers.

Approved “Gas Injector Units” attach to the end of a ram bar at the front of a tactical vehicle and are designed to penetrate the surface of a structure with a steel jackhammer “needle” and inject agents, including smoke, into a structure.

Approved deployment forms of OC weapons include:

Blast Dispersion Cartridge: Delivers a cloud of micro pulverized OC powder.

Micro pulverized Dust Disbursement Device / Ferret: Are free from the effects of fire, concussion, or fragmentation. Can be thrown, launched, or air-dropped and has a variable expulsion delay mechanism, which, when fired, drives a piston forcingthe micro pulverized capsaicin dust payload through a machined discharge port. These forms are also capable of penetrating structures.

Aerosol Projector: Contains a substance enclosed under pressure and able to be released as a fine spray, typically by means of a propellant gas.

Fog: A spray pattern that is denser than aerosol.

Pepper Foam: A uniquely formulated OC solution in which the OC is encapsulated with a surfactant, giving it a rigid jet foam dispersion.

Approved models include multi-shot launchers similar to paintball guns, capable of discharging the following approved munitions:

.68 calibre pellets with a semi-rigid breakable outer shell and are filled with OC resin, CS powder, PAVA resin, water, or a liquid marking dye.

.68 calibre window breaking pellets that are solid and not intended for use against humans.