The team then delivered shocks to the pigs’ skin using three different taser devices, to see how the implants would respond to the charge. Researchers used handheld tasers that directly contact ...

What is Taser and why do police use it? Hand-held, a Taser is bright yellow in colour and produces an electrical current. Officers issued with Taser should work as part of a ‘unit’, that is, at least ...

SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah Highway Patrol trooper who used his Taser to stop a fleeing man, resulting in the man falling 21 feet off the freeway to his death, will not be criminally charged.

A Taser is a hand-held "electronic control device" or "energy weapon" that fires small barbed darts into a person, penetrating the skin. It then shoots up to 50,000 volts of modulated electricity ...

Hidden in the logs, we found a story of excessive Taser use in Mississippi that had gone unnoticed for years. Officers are supposed to avoid shocking anyone for longer than 15 seconds during an ...

WEDNESDAY, April 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- People with heart implants could be in trouble if they’re hit with a powerful handheld taser, a new study says. A heavy electrical charge delivered ...