Tag: TASER: Page 20

Weapons

Philly Fan Tasered During Ball Game

A fan waving a rally towel runs onto the field at Citizens Bank Park during the Phillies/Cardinals game. An officer eventually uses his stun gun. Raul Ibanez ducks in deep left and Ryan Howard covers his mouth with glove, in attempt to hide his laughter.

May 3, 2010

Weapons

BART Police Relinquish TASERs

The BART police department has pulled the TASERs from its officers citing a sergeant's use of the less-lethal device on a 13-year-old Richmond boy on a bicycle.

April 15, 2010

Weapons

Product Demo: TASER X3

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.

April 6, 2010

Patrol

Police Say Michigan Man Used Toddler as Taser Shield

A 27-year-old father is accused of using his 2-year-old child as a shield to protect himself from being shocked by a police Taser. Joseph Raymond Cox is charged with second-degree child abuse for the incident at his ex-wife's home in Warren, Mich., last Saturday.

March 31, 2010

Weapons

Palo Alto Police Will Restrict TASER Use

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."

March 4, 2010

Weapons

SF Police Commission Nixes TASER Use

The San Francisco Police Commission has denied a proposal from Chief George Gascon that would have given patrol officers the option of using less-lethal electronic control devices to reduce officer-involved shootings.

March 3, 2010

Patrol

S.F. Police Commission Delays TASER Decision

The San Francisco Police Commission heard hours of testimony Wednesday night about the many benefits -- with a little about the drawbacks -- of Tasers. In the end, the panel decided to wait at least two weeks before deciding whether to start the process of arming officers with the stun guns.

February 24, 2010

Weapons

Florida Agency Buys 150 Three-Shot TASERs

TASER International has announced that it has received an order for 150 TASER X3 Electronic Control Devices (ECDs) and related accessories from the Lakeland (Fla.) Police Department. The TASER X3 is the latest, most sophisticated ECD model from TASER with a three-shot semi-automatic capability.

February 16, 2010

Weapons

Best Practices in TASER Targeting

To adopt the preferred targeting zone, officers will need to train themselves to avoid center mass.

January 30, 2010

Technology

San Jose Officers Begin Using Head-Mounted Cameras

The San Jose Police Department became the first law enforcement agency in the country to deploy head-mounted video cameras on officers during a pilot program started late last year. The department implemented the new TASER AXON and Evidence.com system.

January 14, 2010

Weapons

Philly Police to Buy 1,000 TASERs

The Philadelphia Police Department has agreed to buy 1,000 Tasers to expand the use of less-than-lethal weapons by officers often called upon to deal with unruly, mentally ill people.

January 6, 2010

Weapons

Federal Judges Set Standard for TASER Use, Specify Believable Threat

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.

December 28, 2009