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Photo Galleriesby Staff WriterMarch 5, 2013

Less-Lethal Options

Law enforcement officers have plenty of less-lethal options to avoid a deadly force encounter, including light, chemical agents, conducted electrical weapons, projectile weapons, and launchable pepper projectiles. Read more in our March feature "Less-Lethal Weapon Options" and make sure to train with your mutual-aid agencies. Photos by Mark W. Clark and Amaury Murgado.

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Inside the Badge by William HarveyMarch 5, 2013

Cross-Train Less-Lethal Weapons with Mutual-Aid Agencies

Whenever you arrive for mutual aid, you're the visiting team. Everyone has different ground rules. Another department arriving on mutual aid may have a more stringent or lackadaisical policy. Compare their policy for deployment to yours.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 29, 2013

Ind. Officers Could Get Dementia Training

Indiana police officers would get more information on handling Hoosiers suffering with dementia if a bill passed by the Indiana House on Tuesday becomes law.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 15, 2013

New TASER X26P Uses Smart TASER Platform

The single-shot X26P is compact, and fires the same cartridges as the original X26. The new electronic control device integrates core elements of the Smart TASER platform from the TASER X2.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 8, 2013

Video: Pa. Cops TASER Cuffed Man In Jail

Family members and the attorney of a man arrested for public intoxication and resisting arrest have questioned an officer's use of a TASER while he was being held at the Millvale (Pa.) Police station.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 3, 2013

Video: Rough Arrest Outside Fla. Nightclub

West Palm Beach (Fla.) Police officers can be seen kicking and punching a man outside a nightclub in a cellphone video posted to YouTube.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 13, 2012

Jury: TASER Not Liable for Suspect's Cardiac Arrest

A St. Louis Circuit Court jury has found in favor of TASER International in a product liability lawsuit filed by a man shot by an officer during a domestic call, the company announced.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 12, 2012

Mich. University Equips Police Force With TASERs

Campus police officers at Eastern Michigan University (EMU) will be equipped with TASERs in January.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 1, 2012

Lawsuit: N.M. Cop TASERed Boy at Career Day

A New Mexico officer TASERed a 10-year-old-boy after he refused to wash his patrol car at a school career fair, claims a lawsuit from the boy's legal guardian.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 11, 2012

Police: Student Took LSD Before Ala. Campus Shooting

Investigators say that a nude, 18-year old University of South Alabama freshman had taken LSD and assaulted others before a campus police officer fatally shot him early Saturday morning.

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