Security Devices International and Regina Saskatoon

RCMP Correctional Service Canada: The manufacturer of the Blunt Impact Projectiles, Security Devices International, said municipal police forces are starting to make use of the technology as well, according to CTV. Chief Executive Greg Sullivan said the BIPs have been fairly widely deployed among officers in Montreal, while smaller task forces in Toronto, Regina and Saskatoon are also starting to make use of the weapons. Six forces across the country, including the RCMP and Correctional Service Canada, have begun making use of a type of expanding rubber bullet that designed to incapacitate targets without causing lasting harm. Edmonton and Calgary are looking into the possibility of equipping some of their patrol cars with BIP launchers as well, he added. Saskatoon police spokeswoman Alyson Edwards said the force has ordered a box for testing, but the projectiles are not currently in use. Regina police spokeswoman Elizabeth Popowich said in an email that the force has access to a launcher but "it has only rarely been used to dispense rubber pellets or OC spray at the ground." "We do not shoot rubber bullets at people," Popowich said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.