Sentences with phrase «as taser»

(AP, Dad Gets Jail for Using Toddler as Taser Shield)

Fishermen in the Dili district of Timor - Leste have found an extra perk of the insecticide added to their mosquito bed nets: the chemicals act as a Taser for shrimp.

It's super effective as a taser and as a flashlight too.

He says that it is not obvious to him that water cannon is more dangerous than the alternatives such as tasers and batons.

In December 2017, Ottawa's Police Services Board approved a $ 250,000 purchase of 140 conducted energy weapons, more commonly known as Tasers.

Not exact matches

Taser shares have gained 44 percent year to date, but have fallen 12 percent this quarter after the company lost the New York Police Department body cam contract to Vievu Safariland at a price that Taser described as «near or below cost.»

Axon Enterprise — the maker of Taser — changed its name in 2017, adopting the title of its police body camera segment as a part of its shift into software services.

Paul didn't seem to learn from his mistakes or the punishment as, after a brief pause on uploading videos, he returned with a controversial video where he tasered a dead rat on camera.

We now refer to magazine cover photos as «photoshopped»; we «windex» our windows to remove streaks; we «xerox» exhibits; we «rollerblade» down the street on our inline skates; we «wite - out» the mistakes in a term paper; and we read a news article about the police «tasering» a resistant suspect.

I think in terms of someone who may choose to own a taser as opposed to a hand - gun.

A furious Cullen then leaps from his car, takes his helmet off, walks around to the window of his rival and just starts beating down on the guy, only stopping when a police officer jogs over and tasers him as an electrified crowd cheer along.

#Breaking Man who died after being Tasered in Telford named locally as former Aston Villa footballer Dalian Atkinson pic.twitter.com/Yu7jAT1Di 0

Then the cops came and told her that babies are used as bombs sometimes so he was walking around with one hand on his gun and the other on his taser!)

Ivy, whose family described him as a paranoid schizophrenic with heart problems, was chased and fatally Tasered by police in April as he was walking to a convenience store.

An autopsy listed his cause of death as a cardiac arrhythmia in conjunction with other health issues, not the Taser used by the officers.

There are plenty of similar cases, such as twenty - three year old Jordan Lee Begley, or petrol - soaked Andrew Pimlott, who was tasered while holding what appeared to be a lit match and caught fire.

So it came as no surprise when Police Federation boss Steve White popped up on the airwaves this weekend saying terrorism means all front - line police officers should get a Taser.

be that the increase in Taser use has not been accompanied by a rise in complaints, but if we see any themes or issues emerging as a result of complaints over a longer time period we will ensure these are properly addressed as part of the pilot.»

To add to the kettling issue, there are unconfirmed reports of taser deployments as threats to some protestors today.

There were accusations of police brutality today as officers used tasers and batons to try to force residents out of Dale Farm.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has already begun an inquest into the death of Moat, and in particular the use of tasers against the man, as he sat with a gun pressed to his head in the rain.

Neither Cornegy nor Torres appear to have raised any campaign money at any time from any employee of the Taser corporation — regarded as VieVu's top rival for the NYPD contract.

After controlling for factors such as the amount of resistance shown by the suspect, they found that Taser use reduced the overall risk of injury by 65 per cent.

The projectile, being developed by Taser International under a $ 2.5 million contract, is known as a Human Electro - Muscular Incapacitation or HEMI device.

The toxic culprit was a particular chain of 27 amino acids that makes the nervous system go haywire, «as though the fish had been hit with a Taser,» the paper reports.

Protect yourself and your loved ones by being prepared with non lethal self - defense products such as pepper spray, stun guns, TASERs and expandable batons.

«Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle» positions the seemingly benign Taser, manufactured in 1999 as a deadly weapon police apply with little to no regulation.

Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) is a disgraced journalist and tends to lean towards facts and evidence; Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) is a force to be reckoned with as the hacker with a taser and bad attitude.

Weapons can be modified as you advance in the game plus you have other fun items like grappling hooks, nightsticks and tasers.

From wannabe hero Dave Lizewski's (Aaron Johnson) first attempt at vigilantism resulting in his stabbed, battered body being carted into the Emergency Room, to a later scene when he shoots a guy in the face with a Taser gun «Hangover style», the tone is all over the place, and yet, ironically, as steady as a rock.

He talked about science fiction things such as skywriting, video conferencing, electric submarines, tasers, lunar exploration, television and Tivo many years before they ever became «real».

He had started as a kid, for kicks, taking cars on joyrides, then got recruited by an Indian gang operating in London that tasered people in expensive cars, then pulling them out and dumping them by the road side.

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Protect yourself and your loved ones by being prepared with non lethal self - defense products such as pepper spray, stun guns, TASERs and expandable batons.

If you're unfortunate enough to find yourself out of bullets in the RE remaster you have to rely on having a defensive weapon such as a dagger or a taser, failing that it's time to turn into Usain Bolt and find the nearest door.

Should you eventually require a guard to disappear, tricks like using a taser or tranquilizer are available to you, as is some uber - sick takedowns that display just what a badass Jensen is.

Battlefield Hardline is a Battlefield game first of all, meaning you'll get access to all sorts of realistic weapons that behave in an accurate manner, as well as to various gadgets, from grappling hooks, to zip lines, not to mention tasers and various law enforcement equipment, besides the regular military gear.

Watch Dogs 2 improves on the original's gunplay as well, with Marcus able to unlock and customize a wide selection of 3D - printed weaponry, including a long - range Taser for those who prefer nonlethal shootouts.

2014 saw the purchase of Marvin Gaye Chetwynd's performance work Home Made Tasers for the New Walk Museum and Art Gallery in Leicester, as well as a group of works by Mel Brimfield for the Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, with the Peter Scott Gallery at Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts.

They are trained in the use of Taser guns as an alternative to deadly force.

In a videotape played in court, a defense expert witness used a Taser on Schlueter's client, George Engman — and also on Schlueter and his twin brother — as evidence of their contention that police used excessive force in arresting Engman.

[Correction] But, as Howard Bashman reports today, the video of the taser incident was made available on YouTube.

Today, events like the recent tasering and arrest of University of Florida student Andrew Meyer during his attempts to question John Kerry at a campus event are covered from every angle by potential witnesses and citizen journalists, as these YouTube videos show.

Moreover, realizing those potential benefits — such as reducing the rate of injuries to officers and possibly suspects — may require accepting the possibility that vulnerable populations are more likely to be exposed to the painful effects of [Taser use].

Don't worry says Toronto police deputy chief Barbara McLean — Tasers will «never to be used as a substitute for de-escalation.»

So, there is good reason to be skeptical of claims, like those made by Toronto police deputy chief Barbara McLean, that Tasers will «never to be used as a substitute for de-escalation.»

When you take the time to actually consider the evidence about Taser use that should come as no shock.

In June, as special prosecutor once again in British Columbia, he announced he'd be revisiting the question of whether criminal charges should be laid against police in the death by Taser of Robert Dziekanski.

Protect yourself and your loved ones by being prepared with non lethal self - defense products such as pepper spray, stun guns, TASERs and expandable batons.

But here are the highlights from HouseGoesHollywood... * Jason Sullivan, star of the Channel 9 decorating show homeMADE and a former international model was revealed as the intruder who was tasered by security guards — and subsequently hospitalised — at Tom Cruise's mansion over -LSB-...]