Sacramento Sheriff’s Department Now Using Less-Lethal Bean Bag Guns On Patrol

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — For nearly two years, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department has been phasing in the use of less-lethal bean bag shotguns. Nearly all of their patrol officers are currently equipped with the weapons designed to pack a punch, but not kill.
Deputies fired a less-lethal round Saturday, striking a suspect who claimed to have a gun and wouldn’t show officers both hands. The beanbag blast combined with the use of a K-9 allowed deputies to take the suspect int