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Weapons

EDW TASER Holster

Safariland

Safariland's comprehensive line of Automatic Locking System (ALS) duty holsters for Electrical Discharge Weapons (EDWs) provides law enforcement officers secure weapon protection with quick and easy access. Offered in seven model configurations with different belt mounting options, each of the new EDW duty holsters features Safariland's ALS design for secure weapon retention without straps or snaps to manipulate.

October 18, 2009

Weapons

Wake Forest Professor Finds No Major Link Between Tasers and Health Problems

A Wake Forest University professor researching the medical effects of the use of Tasers has found no major link between the less-lethal weapon and health problems, according to the company.

October 7, 2009

Patrol

Florida Officer's Drive-by Tasering Results In Man's Death

The Pensacola (Fla.) Police Department is reviewing its policy on the use of less-lethal force, after an officer used a stun gun from his moving patrol car, PNJ.com reports.

October 4, 2009

Weapons

TASER International Receives U.S. Customs and Border Protection Contract

TASER International, a market leader in digital evidence solutions and electronic control devices (ECDs), today announced that it received an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract which can potentially extend for a five-year period from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The order received was for TASER X26 ECDs and related accessories.

September 28, 2009

Weapons

Less Lethal Force

As technology has evolved, so too has the arsenal of weapons available to law enforcement. Firearms and batons have their place, but they aren't always the most effective tool for a given situation. Having a less-lethal option means you can possibly end a confrontation without lethal force.

September 17, 2009

Weapons

TASER X3: Three in One

The three-shot TASER pistol marketed as the X3 has been one of the company's most secret projects. It's also been a product that cops have been requesting for years.

August 30, 2009

Vehicle Ops

Oregon Man Who Robbed Police Station Faces Nine Charges

A 26-year-old Oregon man will face nine charges related to his brazen robbery of the North Bend police station in which he made off with a police cruiser, two Tasers and a radio, the Register-Guard reports.

August 19, 2009

Weapons

TASER Unveils Advanced Multi-Shot Stun Gun

TASER International has unveiled its new X3 electronic control device capable of firing three cartridges without reloading. The X3 is the first new handheld TASER ECD since the introduction of the TASER X26 in 2003.

July 27, 2009

Special Units

Tactical Robots

If you think robots are just for bomb disposal, think again. Police robots are often used to handle IEDs, but they can be used in other arenas that are inhospitable to humans. Robots can be used to reach a barricaded subject or hostages and carry information or evidence back out without sending an officer into the line of fire. They can also provide enhanced surveillance and deploy lethal or less-lethal weapons.

July 17, 2009

Technology

Ti Training Corp Simulator Installed at TASER Training Academy

Ti Training Corp, a supplier of interactive training products and services to the law enforcement and public safety markets, announced the installation of its Training Lab system at the TASER Training Academy in Scottsdale, Arizona.

July 7, 2009

Patrol

Texas Pastor TASERed by Police

A Webster, Texas, minister angry over a traffic stop involving a church member was arrested Wednesday after police Tasered him and tried to break up a crowd of churchgoers with pepper spray, the Houston Chronicle reports.

July 2, 2009

Patrol

Missouri Town Pays $2.4 Million to Family of Man Killed During DUI Arrest

The city of Moberly, Mo., has agreed to pay $2.4 million to the family of Stanley Harlan, 23, who died during a 2008 drunken driving arrest. Harlan's family sued the city and Moberly police Officers Jeremy Baird and Carmen Newbrough last September in federal court in St. Louis, claiming that police used a Taser on him twice, then kicked and choked him.

July 1, 2009