Pepperbag Shotgun Shells

This idea combines two existing ideas. The beanbag shotgun shells that they use as a non lethal weapon and the pepperballs, which are basically paintballs loaded with capsaicin.

This has distinct advantages for both crowd control and siege situations. For crowd control, the authorities are given an ability to knock back individuals in a way that the pepperballs do not. Additionally, the capsaicin has some strong advantages over the beanbags, in that it has the same effect as a pepper spray or pepperball. It would also be capable of carrying a much greater capsaicin payload than the pepperballs, over a much greater range. In a seige situation, where the criminal has taken refuge in a building, the pepperbag also demonstrates it's advantages over both the bean bag and pepperball systems. With the pepperball system, breaking a window requires switching from pepper ball ammunition to window breaking ammunition, which is basically a hard ceramic marble. This marble is potentially lethal, should the officer fail to switch back, or should the officer be surprised. The pepperbag system would have enough force to break a window, while still being a non-lethal round.

Additionally, this system would not require the development of any new firearms. It would be the same size as a 12 or 10 guage shotgun shell, so it could be used in the common shotguns that police officers already carry, as well as the fully automatic "street sweepers" should the situation call for it.