CBSLA's John Schreiber captured Rauda being rolled into court restrained to a chair and wearing a "spit hood", commonly used to prevent inmates from spitting or biting.

Lincoln police use spit hoods when they are concerned about exposure to body fluids and can't maintain a distance sufficient ...

What is a spit hood? Spit hoods are items that some corrections officers, police officers and paramedics could place on a detainee’s head in certain circumstances to make it harder for that ...

The mesh hood is a common device that the police and correction officers use, known as a “spit hood” or “spit sock.” […] Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 80°F.

Spit hoods are used by police or correctional officers to prevent suspects and inmates from contaminating them with their bodily fluids, like spit or blood. The mesh bags are placed over a suspect ...

Spit hoods like the one Budge described are under fresh scrutiny after body camera footage released Wednesday showed police in Rochester, N.Y., place a hood over 41-year-old Daniel Prude during a ...

The FDNY has to buy “spit hoods” to protect its ambulance medics from loogie-hocking wackos -- but the roll-out was severely delayed until it found a design that didn't look like a KKK hood or ...

Spit hoods are more often used by corrections officers, in prisons and jails, Mr. Petzer said, and many police departments do not issue them to patrol officers.

Shortly before Daniel Prude lost consciousness while police in Rochester, New York, held him down, one of the officers had pulled a white hood from his pocket and slipped it over Prude’s head… ...

What are ‘spit hoods,’ and why do police use them? Daniel Prude died in Rochester after officers covered his head with a hood. The devices are widely used, but the N.Y.P.D. does not give them ...