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Patrol
Wireless TASER Round Ready to Fly
TASER International, Inc. announced today that the long-awaited self-contained wireless TASER eXtended Range Electronic Projectile (XREP) shotgun rounds are now available. Together with O.F. Mossberg & Sons Inc. the company also announced the commercial launch of the TASER X12 Less-Lethal Shotgun (LLS) by Mossberg.
June 29, 2009
Technology
Turning Cops into Cameras
For some 15 years now, American police officers have been joined on patrol by in-car video systems that document their interaction with the public. Now, at least four companies have developed, are marketing, or plan to market body-worn video systems to law enforcement officers.
May 31, 2009
Digital Ally's FirstVu is designed to be worn on an officer's shirt and uses the same software as its in-car video.
Weapons
Illinois Police Chief Wants City to Allow Officers to Carry TASERs
Police Chief R.T. Finney says it's likely he'll again ask the Champaign, Ill., city council to allow the police department to buy and use TASERs. But the leader of a local citizens group vows police will encounter opposition to such a proposal.
May 14, 2009
Patrol
Missouri Woman Accused of Using Infant Son as TASER Shield
Police say a Hannibal, Mo., woman used her infant son to shield a man who was being arrested from a stun gun blast. Twenty-year-old Maliea A. Martin was arrested for felony endangering the welfare of a child.
May 13, 2009
Weapons
California's Fugitive Apprehension Team Deploys TASER Devices
Agents assigned to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) Office of Correctional Safety (OCS) are field testing 28 TASER X26 ECDs and 28 TASER CAM systems. The deployment of the TASERs is being conducted as a pilot program.
May 7, 2009
Special Units
Houston Standoff Ends as SWAT Storms Barbershop
A SWAT standoff at a barbershop on Houston's south side ended this morning after police stormed the building and subdued an armed man with help from a dog and a Taser. Police said the man took his brother and sister-in-law hostage inside Dugar's Urban Kuts in the 9100 block of Scott about 1:45 a.m.
April 1, 2009
Weapons
Man Dies After Being Tasered by Florida Deputy
A Parkland man who was Tasered on Tuesday during a scuffle with Broward sheriff's deputies in front of the Sawgrass Infiniti car dealership in Tamarac has died in the hospital, according to authorities.
April 1, 2009
Patrol
TASER Foundation to Hold 'Takin' the Ride' Charity Motorcycle Event on Sunday
The TASER Foundation for Fallen Officers will hold its fourth annual "Takin' the Ride" motorcycle event on March 29, as part of Arizona Bike Week. Victory Motorcycles, Big Dog Motorcycles, and the Blue Knights Chapter VI of Arizona are co-hosting the event.
March 25, 2009
Technology
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.”
March 12, 2009
Patrol
Family of Iman Morales Sues NYPD Over Stun Gun Death
The family of an emotionally disturbed man who plummeted head first to his death after he was shocked by a police stun gun is suing the NYPD and the officers involved in the incident, including the estate of one who later killed himself in remorse.
February 25, 2009
Weapons
TASER Inventor Jack Cover, 88, Dies
Jack Cover, an aerospace scientist who invented the Taser stun gun – a device used by thousands of law enforcement agencies to subdue unruly offenders with electrical shocks – has died. He was 88.
February 12, 2009
Weapons
TASER International Memorializes TASER Inventor Jack Cover
TASER International releases the following statement from Rick and Tom Smith, co-founders of TASER International, on the passing of John H. “Jack” Cover. Cover, the original inventor of the TASER technology, passed away at the age of 88 at his home near Los Angeles, Calif. on Feb. 7, 2009, due to Alzheimer’s disease and pneumonia.
February 12, 2009
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