An officer with the Baltimore Police Department was convicted on Tuesday of second-degree assault for tackling a teen and striking him with his TASER during a 2016 confrontation.
Read More →An officer with the St. Louis Police Department reportedly drew his TASER and directed it at his patrol partner in late February.
Read More →An officer with the New Hope (PA) Police Department reportedly thought he was holding his TASER when he squeezed the trigger and struck a man with a bullet instead.
Read More →Mark Bessner fired the less-lethal weapon from the passenger seat of a patrol car while he and his partner chased 15-year-old Damon Grimes in August 2017.
Read More →According to Fox News, an officer first gave verbal commands to get the man—identified as 32-year-old Kawaski Trawick—to drop his weapons, and then when the subject didn't comply, deployed a TASER on him. The subject went to the ground but did not disarm himself of his weapons. As officers closed in to disarm the subject, he jumped to his feet and charged at the officers.
Read More →The consent decree requires officers to document each time they draw their weapons—even if they don't actually fire—and tightens instances in which officers may deploy TASERs. It also requires the department to publish use-of-force data on a monthly basis.
Read More →Officers with the Smyrna (GA) Police Department were engaged in a violent struggle with a dangerous subject when the man gained control of one of the officer's TASER and deployed it on one of the officers.
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Officers with the Lewiston (NY) Police Department said goodbye to K-9 "Taser" following a battle with cancer.
Read More →Police say the suspect, who was in police custody, was shot and killed when police say he charged at an officer and grabbed that officer's TASER.
Read More →Officers from Stillwater, Bayport, and Oak Park Heights all responded to the incident, finding the man carrying the knife. One officer deployed a TASER, then another opened fire with a sidearm.
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