Pittsburgh Police Soliciting Bids For Less Lethal Munitions, Including Tear Gas

By: KDKA-TV News Staff
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh Police want to purchase less lethal munitions.
A formal invitation for bids was opened last week.
That invitation includes requests for tear gas grenades, bean bag rounds, and pepper balls.
A police spokesperson tells KDKA officers have many uses for these munitions, including for:SWAT calls
Serving search warrants
Crowd controlPolice tell KDKA that unused equipment is often discarded due to shelf life and that these orders are placed o