Abstract: A cell phone cover includes a compartment comprising an external bulge located on the rear wall of the housing. The compartment is adapted to contain a canister of pepper spray oriented so that the longitudinal axis of the canister is transverse to the long edge of the cell phone and is offset towards the top edge of the cell phone. The rearward and longitudinal orientation of the pepper spray canister compartment enables the compartment to act as a prop to incline the screen toward the user when the cell phone is placed on a table with the screen in a “portrait” orientation. The rearward and longitudinal orientation of the pepper spray canister also enables the compartment to act as a kickstand when the cell phone is placed on a table with the screen in the “landscape” orientation.