Tasers

Source: news.yahoo.com --- 13 days ago
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Source: news.yahoo.com --- 35 days ago
Upset over the death of a Swissvale man whom police used a taser on, one community group is taking its complaints to the streets today. ...

Source: news.yahoo.com --- 29 days ago
(AP) HOUSTON - Houston police officers have used Tasers more on black suspects than any other group of individuals, according to a city study released Monday. ...

Source: news.bbc.co.uk --- 22 hours ago
A police union leader calls for all frontline officers in the Northumbria force to be armed with taser stun guns. ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 28 days ago
Houston police officers have used Tasers more on black suspects than any other group of individuals, according to a city study released Monday. ...

Source: www.foxnews.com --- 28 days ago
Houston police officers have used Tasers more on black suspects than any other group of individuals, according to a city study released Monday. ...

Source: www.cbc.ca --- 34 days ago
Canada's national police force should end its controversial use of stun guns, former RCMP commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli says. ...

Source: www.ajc.com --- 8 days ago
When a Sandy Springs police officer responded in February to a reported stabbing, he arrived at an apartment complex to find a man bleeding from the head and two women arguing. One of the women held a knife. The officer drew his gun and ordered the woman several times to drop the weapon. She ignored him, the police report said, waving the knife around and telling him he'd have to shoot her. A year ago, before Tasers became standard gear for Sandy Springs officers, the incident might have ended that way. ...

Source: www.ctv.ca --- 25 days ago
The RCMP didn't do enough independent research into Tasers and relied too heavily on data supplied by their American manufacturer before authorizing their use, a new report says. ...

Source: www.associatedcontent.com --- 5 days ago
Are Tasers good or bad for law enforcement The MoralesPigott story raises the question ...

Source: www.nzherald.co.nz --- 19 days ago
The Government is considering allowing police to use Tasers in prisons but arming prison guards with the stun guns is unlikely, Corrections Minister Phil Goff says. This week two officers were badly beaten by five inmates at Rimutaka... ...

Source: www.charlotte.com --- 25 days ago
Police Chief Larke Plyler hopes that issuing Tasers to officers will defuse potentially dangerous situations – without ever discharging the weapon. On Monday the Stallings Town Council will vote on a proposed Taser use policy. If approved, all on-duty Stallings police officers could be carrying Tasers by mid-October. Tasers, weapons that use electroshocks to temporarily disable, have become increasingly popular with law enforcement agencies. They can serve as “less-than-lethal” weapons that temporarily incapacitate aggressive subjects. Their use also has been controversial, as people have died or been severely injured following Taser shocks. According to the North Carolina Taser Safety Project, 10 people have died in North Carolina from Taser shocks since 2006. A 17-year-old Charlotte teenager died in March of a heart attack after police used a Taser on him. Plyler said the Stallings Police Department has talked about using Tasers since it was founded. The town council recently approved spending about $15,000 on 10 Taser guns, cartridges and training. The Union sheriff's office carries the weapons already. “The general public has screamed for many years to have a less-than-lethal weapon for law enforcement,” Plyler said. “Part of that criteria was met with pepper spray and pepper foam, but the effectiveness on some individuals was limited. “We've heard from other law enforcement agencies that when they implemented Tasers in their town ...

Source: www.pittsburghlive.com --- 27 days ago
Taser has become a hot word in recent weeks in the Pittsburgh-area, after several publicized police incidents involving use of Tasers. ...

Source: www.phillyburbs.com --- 29 days ago
The Bucks County commissioners have kicked around an idea to alter courthouse security by swapping out guards' cop uniforms and guns for fitted blazers and non-lethal Tasers. ...

Source: www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk --- 5 days ago
The Policing Board yesterday backed the issuing of 50,000 volt stun guns to specialist PSNI officers. Its approval of Tasers also revealed the PSNI intends to widen their deployment to armed response vehicles. ...

Source: dubbo.yourguide.com.au --- 1 day ago
Taser guns have arrived in Dubbo but are yet to be used, unlike Sydney where one was used on Saturday night. The police force and the police union alike have welcomed the introduction of the stun guns, termed a “less than lethal option” for police. ...

Source: orange.yourguide.com.au --- 5 days ago
ORANGE police now have the controversial taser stun guns in the Canobolas Local Area Command. ...

Source: www.wnyc.org --- 6 days ago
A week after an emotionally-disturbed Brooklyn man died from a fall, after being stunned by a police officer's Taser, Commissioner Ray Kelly says the police department has no plans to change the trai.... ...

Source: www.pantagraph.com --- 6 days ago
BLOOMINGTON — Police officers in McLean County have drawn or fired their Taser stun guns more than 100 times so far this year. ...