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The Prince George's County (Md.) Police Department has suspended a second officer involved in a videotaped incident that showed officers in riot gear striking the student during an after-game riot.
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A Prince George's County (Md.) tactical officer seen in video footage striking a University of Maryland student has been suspended, while investigators say they're working to identify two additional officers.
Read More →In announcing his decision to ask the state police to investigate an officer's use of less-lethal force, Vermont's Attorney General William Sorrell said he's worried about the public perception that there may be "more rogue cops" in his state.
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MAUL is Metal Storm's 1.8-pound, modular, 12-gauge, five-shot, semi-automatic shotgun designed to deliver shotgun capabilities for non-lethal and lethal munitions.
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The LEDI is a light-based non-lethal device utilizing high-powered, multi-colored LED clusters and complex optical concentrators producing a high level of optical disruption and disorientation in targeted subjects, according to the company.
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Three TASER employee volunteers describe what they experienced, after being hit with the three-shot X3 at the company's Arizona headquarters. The X3 was fired sequentially at the three volunteers with no reloading, no delay, and instant neuromuscular incapacitation. Read our story about the TASER X3.
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A SWAT team is called out to a barricade situation. A man holed up in his house claims to have a hostage, and negotiators are getting nowhere as the subject refuses to surrender. Now tactical teams can employ multiple less-lethal options to help end such a situation at different points throughout an incident without employing lethal force.
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After conducting tests, the military has decided to use the thumb-sized "bhut jolokia," or "ghost chili," to make tear gas-like hand grenades to immobilize suspects, defense officials said Tuesday.
Read More →The LEDI is a light-based non-lethal device utilizing high-powered, multi-colored LED clusters and complex optical concentrators producing a high level of optical disruption and disorientation in targeted subjects.
Read More →The same week San Francisco police learned they would not be given TASER devices, another northern California agency has told its officers they may only use their TASER when confronted with an "immediate physical threat."
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