Police rules also require officers to use less lethal weapons than their assailants. For example, if a resident attacks an officer with his fists, the officer is not allowed to use his baton, only his pepper spray, Zhu said.
The bureau vowed Tuesday that it will support their officers' rights to use their self-defense gear, according to the press release.
Fu Daqing, a lawyer with the Chongqing Municipal Bar Association, said that compared with many Western countries, the punishment for attacking a police officer is relatively light in China, Chongqing media reported. Attacking a police officer can carry a sentence of up to three years in prison.
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