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Patrol

NYPD May Issue More TASERs in Use of Force Changes

A senior NYPD official said one change under discussion was the expanded use of Taser stun guns, which are available to a small number of New York officers but have been controversial there and elsewhere because of the risk they can pose to people with heart problems and other medical issues

July 23, 2014

Patrol

Supreme Court Revives Louisiana TASER Lawsuit

The Supreme Court on Monday ordered a lower court to take a new look at a case involving repeated police use of a Taser stun gun on a handcuffed Louisiana man who later died.

May 19, 2014

Weapons

TASER Case Could Get SCOTUS Review

A January 2008 in-custody death could get a SCOTUS review. This would be the court’s first look at police use of stun guns after turning away appeals from both recipients of the high-voltage shocks and from police officers.

May 18, 2014

Patrol

Video: Man Fights With Ohio Officers, TASERed

Suspect TASERed for allegedly assaulting a Dayton police officer while in the back of his patrol car.

May 18, 2014

Patrol

Suspect Fights With Ohio Officers, TASERed

Dayton police released cruiser camera video Friday of a fight between police officers and a suspect who tried to escape their cruiser in April. One officer suffered a head injury during the fight with 20-year-old Davontae Hall. He was treated and released from the hospital after the incident. Hall was booked in to the Montgomery County jail on four felony charges, including having weapons under disability, carrying a concealed weapon, escape and obstructing official business.

May 18, 2014

Weapons

TASER to Open New International Office in Amsterdam

TASER International has announced the official opening of a new international office in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The company has also hired Ron Brandt as the new international lead and Global Vice President of Services and Products.

April 29, 2014

Patrol

Video: Phoenix Man Shot and Killed After Using Taser on Off-Duty Officer

A Phoenix man was shot and killed Friday night after he used a stun gun on an off-duty police officer. Jefferson Duncan, 32, died at the hospital, said Sgt. Tommy Thompson, a Phoenix Police Department spokesman.

April 13, 2014

Patrol

Phoenix Man Shot and Killed After Using Taser on Off-Duty Officer

A Phoenix man was shot and killed Friday night after he used a stun gun on an off-duty police officer. Jefferson Duncan, 32, died at the hospital, said Sgt. Tommy Thompson, a Phoenix Police Department spokesman. Read Full Story Here.

April 13, 2014

Patrol

Man Knocks Calif. Officer Unconscious, Tries to Grab Gun

A man who knocked a Berkeley, Calif., police officer unconscious after punching and kicking him in the head and then trying to grab his loaded gun was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder Monday, police said.

April 9, 2014

Weapons

ACLU Wants Less-Lethal Weapon Ban in Texas Schools

The state's education commissioner should ban the use of Tasers, pepper spray, and other "less-than-lethal" weapons in all public schools, according to a request delivered this week from the ACLU and six other civil rights groups.

February 17, 2014

Weapons

TASER Awarded Permanent Injunction and Judgment Against Karbon Arms for Patent Infringement

TASER International today announced that the United States District Court for the District of Delaware entered a final judgment on January 10, 2014 in the patent infringement litigation entitled TASER International v. Karbon Arms, LLC awarding TASER a permanent injunction. The Court's final judgment decreed that Karbon Arms' MPID and MPID-C conducted electrical weapons infringe TASER's U.S. Patent Numbers 6,999,295; 7,782,592 and 7,800,885.

January 13, 2014

Technology

Disruption in Law Enforcement Technology

Disruption is fantastic for technology customers. It “disrupts” expensive, inefficient business models, and replaces them with less expensive faster moving better technology delivery models.

January 7, 2014