During the riots the police fired a number of the new'L21 A1'plastic baton rounds for the first time.
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Under reform legislation, an independent inspector scrutinizes every event where police fire plastic bullets, known formally as baton rounds.
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"Water cannons are not a replacement for baton rounds, " said Jane Kennedy, security minister for the British government in Northern Ireland.
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Tactics and weapons used can include attack dogs, water cannons, plastic bullets, rubber bullets, pepper spray, flexible baton rounds, and snatch squads.
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Following the riots in Brixton, Tottenham and Handsworth in 1985 Anderton announced that the Greater Manchester Police would be equipped with Plastic Baton Rounds.
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Some 60 police officers and 49 civilians were injured, and the security forces fired 2, 400 baton rounds in the clashes, police said Tuesday.
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Plastic bullets, known as baton rounds, have never been used in England and Wales, but were widely used in Northern Ireland, a British-ruled province.
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Riot police may use less-than-lethal methods of control, such as shotguns that fire flexible baton rounds to injure or otherwise incapacitate rioters for easier arrest.
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One company, for example, makes both rubber buckshot rounds, containing 15 8.3mm diameter rubber balls per cartridge, and rubber baton rounds, containing a single 4.75 gram projectile.
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Over 525 people had been arrested since the start of the disruption, and the Metropolitan Police have announced their intention to use baton rounds against rioters if necessary.
