More shoplifters bear-spraying employees as Manitoba looks to strengthen Criminal Code
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The suspected shoplifters also pepper-sprayed an employee at a business across the street the same day. “We’ve certainly seen an increase in the past year, over the past five years in the use of bear spray in criminal offences,” Winnipeg Police Service public information officer Claude Chancy said. Winnipeg Police Service data on crimes involving bear spray, or similar substance as the primary weapon.Winnipeg Police Service say there have been 889 crimes involving burning liquid as a primary weapon from January to September of this year.
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