The incapacitation requirement for OC spray is that it must incapacitate a person immediately without lethal or lasting injury.

• A. True
• B. False
• C. Not specified
• D. Optional

Answer: (A)

OC spray is intended as a quick, non-lethal option that disrupts a threat enough to escape or gain distance. The essential idea in training and standards is that its effects fall on immediately, causing incapacitation that is temporary and not resulting in lethal or lasting injury. If the spray produced lasting harm or death, it would violate the safety criteria and the purpose of a less-lethal option. So the statement is correct: the incapacitation requirement is immediate, non-lethal, and not lasting in nature. Training standards aren’t optional or unspecified—the expectation is rapid disruption without permanent injury.