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UNCLASSIFIED//FOUO (U//FOUO) Less-Than-Lethal Devices Policy Guide 1. (U) Introduction (U) This policy guide (PG) will establish policy governing less-than-lethal devices carried by FBI special agents, FBI police officers, any other approved FBI employees. task force officers, task force members, and task force participants as defined in Section.? of this policy guide. [See Aopendix I for a definition of less-than-lethal.] This policy is being established in response to the "Department of Justice Policy Statement on the Use of Less-than-Lethal Devices" approved on April 21, 2011. [See Appendix F. F.1 ot DIOGI (U//FOUO) Additionally, the use of any authorized enhanced less-than-lethal device (e.g chemical agent) referenced in the SWAT or HRT PG, during an operational setting, must be reported as set forth in Section @ of this PG.. 1.1. (U) Purpose (U) The purpose of the Less-Than-Lethal Devices Policy Guide is to. (U) Inform FBI special agents, FBI police officers, any other approved FBI employees, task force officers, task force members, and task force participants of circumstances wherein the use of less-than-lethal devices is appropriate and circumstances in which their use is prohibited. (U) Communicate who in the FBI, including state and local LEOs participating in FBI joint task force operations and approved non-LEO FBI personnel, may be authorized to use these less-than-lethal devices, and under what conditions, and to identify which devices are approved for use by the FBI.. (U) Standardize the instructional package used throughout the FBI by establishing. uniformity in the areas of instruction, proper and justifiable use, and. administrative review of use. 1.2. (U) Scope (U) FBI special agents (SA), FBI police officers, any other approved FBI employee, task force officers (TFO), task force members (TFM), and task force participants (TFP) 1.3. (U) Exemptions (U) There are no exemptions to this policy. 1.4. (U) Status as Internal Guidance. (U/FOUO) This policy guide contains internal FBI guidance for employees and other individuals who are authorized to carry Iess-than-lethal devices during FBI operations. It may not be relied upon to create any rights, substantive or procedural, enforceable by law by any party in any matter, civil or criminal. This policy guide does not place any limitation on otherwise Iawful investigative and litigation prerogatives of the FBI 1 UNCLASSIFIED//FOUO