Taser: An officer's weapon of choice 13:27. The Taser sounds like the perfect law enforcement tool. Simple, effective and generally safe, it allows officers to subdue a suspect using electricity ...

DAs can’t decide whether tasers are deadly Following the shooting death of Rayshard Brooks by a police officer in Atlanta this month — after Brooks stole the officer’s taser and fired it at ...

Zimmerman, 65, also was carrying his Taser on the same side as his service weapon, another policy violation. Later it was learned that all but two New Hope officers had outdated Taser certifications.

Although classified as a "non-lethal" weapons, the Taser can trigger cardiac arrest and death. Given its misleading classification as a non-lethal device, Tasers can easily be overused by police.

The company says that only 24 people have ever died from Tasers—18 from fatal injuries in falls caused by a Taser strike, and six from fires sparked by the weapon’s electricity.

A United Nations committee said Friday that use of Taser weapons can be a form of torture, in violation of the U.N. Convention Against Torture. Use of the electronic stun devices by police has ...

The Taser X2 electronic weapon is displayed at a manufacturing facility in Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S. Patrick T. Fallon / Bloomberg via Getty Images file Sept. 29, 2016, 7:16 AM EDT / Updated Sept ...

When officer Kim Potter drew her weapon on Wright she believed she had pulled out her Taser device, according to former Brooklyn Center police Chief Tim Gannon. Gannon said Potter accidentally ...

TASER weapons are illegal in a number of states and jurisdictions, including Washington, DC, Hawaii, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and a number of other cities and counties.

These mix-ups are rare, and Axon, the Scottsdale maker of the Taser, said its weapons are designed to look and feel different than firearms. The Business Journals. Select a City ...

Inside Axon, the maker of Taser electroshock guns, workers take hits from the company’s weapons or get inked with its logos. Axon says it’s all voluntary.