Juvenile facilities: chemical agents.

Existing law makes it a misdemeanor or a felony to bring tear gas or a tear gas weapon into a juvenile hall or camp, or to possess tear gas or a tear gas weapon in a juvenile hall or camp, except as authorized by law, or when authorized by the person in charge or an officer of the of the juvenile hall or camp. Existing law makes it a felony to use tear gas or a tear gas weapon in a juvenile hall or camp except as authorized. This bill would prohibit an officer or employee of a juvenile facility, as defined, from possessing any chemical agent, as defined, in a juvenile facility. The bill would allow pepper spray to be used in a juvenile facility as a last resort when necessary to suppress a riot when authorized by a juvenile facility administrator or designee. The bill would require that all use of pepper spray be documented, as provided.