TASER CEO Clarifies Chest Shot Guideline

TASER CEO Rick Smith says he is surprised by the uproar, which was caused by an article in the Arizona Republic, and that the targeting model was not changed because the company sees greater risk of cardiac events from chest shots.

TASER Unveils Evidence Recording and Storage Solution Centered on the AXON On-Body System

Saying that “we are expanding our vision,” TASER International CEO Rick Smith told a Web audience that the company has developed the AXON and its new Evidence.com video storage solution to protect officers on the streets and in the courtroom “until the last gavel drops.”

Florida Officers Seriously Injured in Pursuit Crash

According to the Haines City Police Department, Officers Jose Ramirez and Gedrick Vargas were conducting a traffic stop Saturday around 5:20 p.m. when 19-year-old Robert Lee Smith III pointed a rifle at the officers and fled the scene in a black Toyota.

Crimson Trace Lasergrips for S&W K-Frame

Video: Footage of Milwaukee OIS That Sparked 2016 Riots Shown at Officer's Homicide Trial

The bodycam video from Dominique Heaggan-Brown, 25, and another officer on the scene have been the focal point of the trial. Heaggan-Brown is facing 60 years in prison if he's convicted of first-degree reckless homicide for the death of 23-year-old Sylville Smith.

BART Officer Killed by Friendly Fire Wanted SWAT for Similar Searches

BART police Sgt. Tom Smith had asked his superiors to assign the department's SWAT team to take part in high-risk searches of residences to ensure safety, but was rebuffed, before he was shot dead last month by a fellow officer during a search in a Dublin apartment.

Arizona LEA Issues TASER Head Cams to Officers

The Lake Havasu (Ariz.) PD added the TASER Axon point-of-view head camera as part of the standard uniform for it's officers, making it the eighth department in the country to do so. TASER CEO Rick Smith talks about the Axon's audio/video recording capabilities and other benefits of the Bluetooth-sized camera. Source: NBC's Channel 12.

Illegals Posed as Marines In California

When Agent S. Smith stopped the van carrying the group, he observed their camouflage uniforms and military-style buzz cuts. The license plates on their van had even been switched from Mexican to U.S. government plates. And their cover story was that they were Marines traveling to March Air Reserve Base.

Arkansas Prosecutor Calls TASER Axon Technology 'Quantum Leap'

Cpl. Brandon Davis of the Fort Smith (Ark.) PD was wearing the TASER Axon on-officer recorder November 11th when he shot and killed 41-year-old Eric Berry. Berry refused to drop a handgun he aimed at officers. The video was a key piece of evidence used to clear Davis in the case. This is a first for law enforcement in Arkansas, if not the nation.