A
taser is a type of weapon that sends electric shocks to temporarily paralyze someone and keep them from moving.
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The Chicago police have been
using Taser guns in recent years.
They are trained in the use
of Taser guns as an alternative to deadly force.
(RT, Cop shoots 10 - year - old boy
with Taser for refusing to clean patrol car)
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.
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The company has issued warnings to police, encouraging officers to show restraint when using
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One of the women then got out of the car and went inside the Wendy's brandishing a pink
Taser stun gun.
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But Axon, which changed its name
from Taser International 11 months ago, hasn't exactly been sitting still.
Nothing like
getting tasered at a preseason football game to let you know that you're out of hand.
As the Washington Post reports, Williams was also
tasered at the nightclub.
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.
The Civilian Complaint Review Board, a city agency that investigates police misconduct, has found that when New York police officers
fire Tasers it is usually to subdue unarmed people or those already in police custody, not to stop someone who has put the life of an officer or someone else in peril, according to a draft report obtained by The New York Times.
City officials are authorizing new safety measures and equipment use at the Rikers Island jail,
including taser guns for corrections officers, multiple sources confirmed to POLITICO New York.
A 2011 eviction at Dale Farm saw police enter with
tasers after a ten - year long eviction battle through the courts.
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 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.
Next up is the Remote Electrical Charge which is a sniper -
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There were 14 incidents in
which Tasers were used in the first three months of the trial, with 12 subjects hit by the guns.
Police say she then chased the employee around the kitchen with the pink
Taser while her cohort cheered her on.
Implemented and maintained a successful firearms and
taser training programs in accordance with State Standards.
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Two B.C. lawyers, who have been critical of police investigating police - related deaths or serious injury incidents, believe the B.C. government's announcement last month to establish a civilian review body will go a long way in restoring public confidence in police after the high - profile
tasering death of polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski at Vancouver International Airport in 2007.
The vlogger added fuel to the flames last week when he uploaded a video where he is
seen tasering two dead rats and removing a live fish from water.
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This includes wandering into an encounter with a giant of a man, who stands multiple shocks from a late - 19th - century
Taser before engaging in a kinetic fight with Holmes amidst the crumbling scaffolding surrounding a ship in dry dock.
A mild
Taser zap or even just a spitball would be fine.
«We find no substitutions
between Tasers and firearms,» Professor Jeffrey Grogger told CNBC.
In light of your comment
about tasers over handguns, that certainly seems like an improvement to me!
The changes come as the result of a settlement of a lawsuit filed by the New York Civil Liberties Union
charging Taser abuse in city schools.
As the city adds more shelters, Floyd said, the hiring of additional cops must speed up, along with providing
more Tasers and firearms when moving prisoners.
Meanwhile, the «costs,» or potential harms, of using
[Tasers] are not yet fully understood.»
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.
There is no standard form of recording
Taser usage, so some forces have gone into detail about how the weapon was used, against whom and when - and many haven't.
The mayor also says, often
times Tasers are not effective with people who have mental health issues.
After a comprehensive review of prior data and evidence the Stanford Criminal Justice Center concluded: «while the literature suggests that [
Tasers] may have benefits, these benefits are easily overstated.
News of the deal with the Louisiana State Police comes one day after
Taser announced orders from two other local law enforcement agencies.