This chilling report informs us that Taser has just released two new stun weapons. One is a stackable multiple target weapon for crowd control called the 'Shockwave' and the other is the XREP or Extended Range...
The NYPD officer who gave the command to Taser psychiatric patient, Inman Morales, is dead. Shortly before 6:00 a.m. on Thursday, police Lt. Michael Pigott shot himself with a 9-millimeter Glock. Fellow...
TASERING is becoming as usual as handcuffs for police officers when they encounter mentally dysfunctional citizens in America. Sometimes mental patients are killed by gunshot, even when they present...
Echoing what the public has been saying for quite some time, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has announced in a released document that, as the RCMP assessed the risks of using stun guns, it relied too heavily...
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Apparently, medical examiners are being given something new to put on autopsy reports to replace "death by taser" or "trauma after beatings." Hopefully, this new syndrome, called "sudden death after arrest," is...
Despite the fact that at least 20 people have died in Canada after being zapped by tasers, and the fact that the UN has called taser use torture, Canadian police continue to use the technology, even against non-violent offenders.Today, the Canadian Press is reporting that...
GOVERNORS! MAYORS! POLICE CHIEFS! Please do something about your police officers whom you have equipped with Taser guns! Evidently, they lack proper training, or these "non-lethal" weapons are...
Who's child is this? It is not often that the public gets to see the loss of control that mental patients sometimes suffer: <http://youtube.com/watch?v=-NZtGz_7WI0> The unfortunate girl in this...
This is a follow up on NowPublic Member Glc3 's post found here I read this story as I would any other but what is sad are the comments left under the CBS story highlighted here. Everyone blaming others once again. I believe, and this is only my opinion, that we all need to...
More than 20 people in Canada have died after Taser incidents now, raising some obvious questions about the weapon's safety. At what point can the police no longer ignore such a crucial safety issue?Check out a...
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorA report released recently about the R.C.M.P. recommended officers with less than 5 years experience should not be given a taser. One assumes the Ontario Provincial...
A joint investigation by CBC and Canadian Press found that 910 of 3,226 people shot by Tasers needed medical attention. Still, the Canadian Police Association stands by the controversial weapon."About one in three...
"A Uniontown man has sued the city and two police officers, alleging that they violated his civil rights when he was arrested and shot with a Taser gun in 2006 for an arrest warrant that no longer was valid."
Burke said right: "All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing"TASER REFERENCES DELETED FROM MEDICAL EXAMINATIONTue May 6, 2008 3:25 pm (PDT) Summit County judge orders Taser...
VANCOUVER - Transit police in Vancouver, who came under fire for using Tasers on fare cheaters, will no longer be able to usr the controversial weapon on "non-compliant" passengers.
The Greater Vancouver...
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