NYPD Officer Seen Carrying a Large Pepper Spray Canister at the Six-Month Anniversary of Occupy Wall Street
NYPD spray canister via @mtracey on Twitter
During the March 17th Occupy Wall Street action, where OWS spent their six-month anniversary rallying in Zuccotti Park, several people on Twitter mentioned seeing an officer carrying a large pepper spray canister, and Michael Tracey posted the photo above.
Officer Paddy's packing pepper spray at Zuccotti Park. #Ows twitter.com/areedkelly/sta…
— Alexander Kelly (@areedkelly) March 17, 2012
Anyone want to help identify the mystery weaponry on officer Krecic's belt? #ows #zucotti twitter.com/PennyRed/statu…
— Laurie Penny (@PennyRed) March 17, 2012
Is this NYPD officer holding pepper spray? #M17 #OWSyfrog.com/o0zrbikj
— Andrew Katz (@katz) March 17, 2012
The canister appears to be the MK-46H made by Defense Technology.
MK-46H and other OC canisters via tactical-life.com
The holster that the NYPD officer is using covers the colored band on the canister that identifies the concentration of “Major Capsaicinoid” in the pepper spray: a white band is 0.2%, yellow band is 0.4%, orange band is 0.7%, and red or blue band is 1.3%. The Defense Technology website states that 0.4% (yellow band) is the most popular nationwide among patrol officers
