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A federal appeals court upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit against TASER that claimed the company was legally required to inform its customers that multiple TASER shots could result in death.
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The San Francisco Police Commission has denied a proposal from Chief George Gascon that would have given patrol officers the option of using less-lethal electronic control devices to reduce officer-involved shootings.
Read More →Some special interest groups and at least one Texas legislator believe that TASERs should be used only when deadly force is justified. This is a very dangerous philosophy. It not only shows ignorance regarding police use of force, it essentially negates the TASER's usefulness as a means of reducing officer and suspect injuries.
Read More →A TASER is an effective tool when the situation calls for a non-lethal approach, but to properly use it, you need to do more than just pull the trigger.
Read More →CBS' "60 Minutes" on Nov. 13 included a segment addressing the use of TASERs by officers.
Read More →With a single trigger pull resulting in only one deployed probe—necessitating a second trigger pull to hope to achieve neuromuscular incapacitation (NMI)—there will certainly be some serious training implications.
Read More →They’re at it again. The activists and advocates of the American Civil Liberties Union and Amnesty International are trying to take away one of your most effective weapons: your Taser.
Read More →With the help of a TASER, a 45-year-old Menlo Park, Calif., woman was taken into custody for mental evaluation after stepping in front of a northbound Caltrain.
Read More →The state lifts its ban on the less-lethal weapons, and releases guidelines for officers. It had been the only state in the nation with the prohibition.
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