Pepper spray is very effective. Plus, you don’t actually put your hands on the perp, which will look better for you in court and on TV when you get besmirched.
Pepper spray may have worked okay inside a station. You still don’t want to get a whiff of it yourself. You don’t want to take yourself out and then find a crowd ready for you.
>> Pepper spray is very effective
Someone once used a screwdriver.