Police use of spray in drugs search justified
A police officer’s use of an incapacitant spray to subdue a man during a drugs search was justified, a watchdog has found.
An investigation by the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (Pirc) concluded the 32-year-old had posed a danger to the officers trying to detain him and that the use of Pava spray was “proportionate”.
The findings relate to an incident in a Dundee car park on the evening of 8 February. The man struggled violently with officers from Police Scotland, forcing one to use Pava irritant spray.