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The U.S. Supreme Court will consider reviewing police use of TASERs as possible excessive force when justices review cases for the upcoming term later this month.
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Taser International's new X26 is a much smaller Taser that’s even more effective than its larger predecessor, the M26.
Read More →Washington police used four TASER deployments on a man apparently under the influence Sunday on Interstate 5. The suspect was eventually tackled by an officer as a family filmed the encounter. Read the full story here.
Read More →Law enforcement trainers are constantly striving for more realistic training, because they know that the more real it is, the more officers will learn and retain. In the use of force arena, most training can be placed along a continuum, ranging from absolute safety on one end to absolute reality on the other.
Read More →Pittsburgh Police officers attempted to subdue a rowdy man at a Pirates game with a TASER, and then used baton strikes to bring him into custody. Read, "Pittsburgh Police Reviewing Force Used On Fan," for the full story.
Read More →Several Long Beach (Calif.) Police officers now face an internal investigation for using batons and a TASER on a man laying on his back near a city intersection. Read the full story here. Editor's note: Police Magazine doesn't endorse the title of this YouTube video.
Read More →TASER International has cut the price of its Axon Flex on-body camera system by almost half and lowered the price of cloud storage for law enforcement agencies.
Read More →Initially, the devices will be rolled out at the four divisions with the highest rates of Taser use: Southeast, 77th Street, Central and Hollywood.
Read More →Police need reasons to believe a suspect is dangerous before firing a TASER and can't use their stun gun simply because the person is disobeying orders or acting erratically, a federal appeals court in San Francisco ruled Monday.
Read More →Groups such as the ACLU, Amnesty International, media outlets and others typically attack TASERs with pseudo-symmetry, ignoring perspective, pseudo-science, and fallacies, says Sid Heal, a retired Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department commander.
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