Sentences with phrase «of taser»

The officers claimed that Dziekanski had acted violently, requiring the use of the taser.

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

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

The leading manufacturer of Taser devices is Taser International.

Reports of Taser gun injuries in the Chicago area range from that of an unarmed, handcuffed teenager to an 82 year old woman Tasered by police.

Illinois requires a license for the use of Taser or stun guns.

Amnesty International, a global movement, promoting human rights, had called for a moratorium on the use of Taser guns since the death rate has been rising so precipitously.

Successfully defended a Vermont police department and its officers in the use of a Taser, including obtaining a favorable judgment on appeal to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, which established the legal standard for the use of Tasers in those districts comprising the Second Circuit which includes Vermont

Attorneys representing the estate of the victim, Larry Noles, say a juror contacted them and alleged that at least two other jurors, including the foreman, consulted the Web site of Taser International.

I do not claim to be an expert or connoisseur of Taser videos, but the Crime and Federalism blog has declared the video below to be perhaps the «Greatest Tasering Video of All Time.»

When things exploded into violence I carefully «zoned» my enemies, drawing them into the short range of my Taser so that I could knock them out instead of killing them.

«Nearly one - third of all Taser incidents involved a person that the officer believed to be emotionally disturbed,» Barone says.

«Every time some cop who only gets 4 - 6 hours of taser training from Taser International sees that scene in «The Hangover» when Zach Galifianakis gets tased in the face, it reinforces the idea that the weapons are more pop - culture phenomenon than dangerous electric device,» Berardini says.

Delivering 50,000 volts of electricity to the body, the effects of the Taser on the human brain have largely been unknown — until now.

Erie County sheriff's deputies are testing several different types of cameras made by Axon, a division of Taser.

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.

Amnesty International has accused UK police forces of behaving like their American counterparts, following Home Office figures showing the use of Taser guns to have sky - rocketed.

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

«The IPCC is keeping a close eye on the extension of Taser use and if people feel excessive force has been used they should make a complaint,» commissioner Deborah Glass said.

The IPCC found many forces took the police officer's description of the Taser incident at face value «without any further probing».

«We need to have in this city a more clear policy of Taser use so that all of us can feel safe,» Johnston said.

Taser faced financial pressures to win control of the contract; the value of Taser's common shares collapsed by 14 per cent.

From information remaining on the redacted records, it was possible to determine that Councilmember Dromm was scheduled to meet with representatives of Taser International on Jan. 26, 2017, for example.

A new form of Taser gun which inflicts longer and stronger stuns to the victim is being considered by the Home Office.

; rather, the question is, how does the presence of a taser, or my desire / need to carry one, factor into the eschatological witness I am required to provide for the peaceable kingdom?

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.

Tuttle cited a 2009 U.S. Department of Justice - funded study that concluded that more than 99 percent of 1,201 field uses of Taser weapons resulted in no significant injuries.

«The idea of Taser, and if you go to Axon's homepage, they basically tell you that this is a device that temporally disables suspects,» Grogger added.

One of Taser's newer product lines is police body cameras and Evidence.com, which is a cloud - based software product that stores body camera feeds and other digital evidence for police departments.

At this point, the Taser drone is just a concept, says Rick Smith, CEO and founder of Taser.

Research released this week finds that the Chicago Police Department's adoption of Tasers resulted in a reduction in officer injury but no effect on firearm use by law enforcement.

There is «no evidence» that the adoption of Tasers reduces police use of firearms, according to a study released this week from the University of Chicago.

Last week, YouTube temporarily suspended paid advertising on Paul's page and removed him from Google's Preferred Ads program after he uploaded a video of himself tasering two dead rats.

The contractor in question, the Virginia - based US Corrections Special Operations Group (US C - SOG), has been stationed at Rikers Island since May, training the jail's nearly 200 Emergency Services Unit (ESU) officers in tactical techniques, including the use of Tasers and Kel - Tec shotguns loaded with rubber «less lethal» ammunition.

I resisted my initial urge to tell her that I didn't care if Roland was scheduled to play at Carnegie Hall, the only way she was going to whisk away my sixth - grade slugger would be with the aid of Tasers and tear gas.

A Civilian Complaint Review Board report on the use of Tasers by the New York Police Department was scrubbed of language highlighting a central finding in an earlier - circulated draft report: that in most Taser encounters reviewed, officers used the stun guns on unarmed people.

He was responsible for the huge expansion of Tasers too.

Police officers dramatically increased their usage of Tasers during the second quarter of the weapons» 12 - month trial, government figures show.

«With Tasers, from looking at research and articles and studies, there have been many individuals who have died through the use of Tasers.

Questions during the off topic portion of the press Q&A included the NYPD's proposed expansion of it's use of tasers, a fine levied by the Campaign Finance Board against de Blasio ally and pro-carriage horse ban advocate NYCLASS, de Blasio's recent comments on the City's long drop in crime being attributable to former mayor David Dinkins and former city council speaker Peter Vallone Sr., a city council proposal to allow filing in City Council district offices of NYPD - related complaints with the Civilian Complaint Review Board, the proposed bill which would ban carriage horses and resulting loss of jobs, an attempt by a staff member of the Fox News show The O'Reilly Factor to goad the mayor into agreeing to appear on that show, a possible tax on non-resident apartment owners, the mayor's planned meeting tonight with Jewish community leaders in Crown Heights and whether the mayor has concerns about the «secrecy» of the NYPD's disciplinary process.

Except the evidence shows that the last thing we need is a nationwide roll - out of Tasers.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), which supports the use of Tasers, has warned that police are using the weapon on people who are already in custody.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said it would closely monitor the use of Tasers during the trial, having already received several complaints about their use.

The NYPD is getting set to ease its restrictions on the use of Tasers, which had been rooted in issues facing an earlier generation of stun guns.

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.

The Syracuse Police Department will implement new rules regarding the use of Tasers next year.

But whatever the outcome, the use of tasers remains controversial.

Nancy is familiar with accepted police practices and policies and has defended cases of officer - involved shootings, pursuits, and the use of Tasers, batons and pepper spray.

There have been recommendations in some coroner's inquests to increase the use of Tasers but former Supreme Court of Canada justice Frank Iacobucci's 2014 report reviewing the Toronto polices» use of lethal force sounded a note of caution pointing to the «absence of definitive research into the risks of CEWs for populations who are likely to encounter the police in non-criminal contexts.»

While a 2011 US Department of Justice study found that although Taser use reduced rates of injury the use of Tasers was still associated injury and death.