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Police ponder using CS gas against rioters

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Riot police stand guard as they prepare to remove protesters from the Occupy encampment on the steps of St Paul's Cathedral in LondonLONDON (Reuters) - Police are considering whether to use CS gas, water canon or taser stun guns in future to deal with riots on the scale of last summer's disorder, a report into the trouble published on Wednesday said. The review into the riots, the worst in Britain for decades, said London's Police (MPS) was now looking at using "more assertive" tactics to deal with disorder after admitting there were times when the police response had let people down. ...



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