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A retired police sergeant in a New York suburb has been sentenced to six months in prison for repeatedly firing a Taser gun at a man suffering a health crisis.
CCTV footage of the alleged assault of three police officers at Manchester Airport has been played to jurors.
The device works by firing two dart-like electrodes which deliver an electric current strong enough to disrupt voluntary ...
A lack of state standards leaves Mississippi police and sheriff’s departments on their own to decide when to use stun guns, and many give officers a free hand.
The Grand Traverse County Sheriff's Office is seeking official approval to purchase 62 new Taser 10 devices for use by patrol officers at a total cost of $289,721.
The next year they launched the Air Taser 24000, which projected wires up to 15 feet and stimulated nerves causing pain, according to Axon.
The next year they launched the Air Taser 24000, which projected wires up to 15 feet and stimulated nerves causing pain, according to Axon.
Law enforcement agencies across the country started using Tasers and similar weapons about three decades ago. The still-evolving technology quickly reduced injuries among officers and subjects, ...
Police Officer Faces Up to 25 Years for Taser Death Police said Nowland's fatal injuries were caused by her head striking the floor rather than the electric shock itself.
Brooks grabbed the Taser during their struggle and may have pulled the trigger with the device’s tangled wires sandwiched between the two of them, according to testimony.
A Taser is a compressed-gas-powered device in the shape of a handgun that releases two probes connected to the device by 15ft wires at high speed.