Sentences with phrase «using taser»

Answer: Your call, but sometimes when a motorist is pulled over for a crooked license plate, police will end up using a Taser on them 6 to 10 times.
Would the policeman be justified in shooting him instead of using the taser?
Jensen says he never received a warning from police, which reportedly violates police procedure for issuing a warning before using a Taser.
Using the taser is a lot of fun, too - it has a short range, but it allows you to interrogate your target revealing all enemy positions on the map to you and your team.
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.
5/17/2007 Tests Show Healthy Humans Not Harmed By Taser Using a Taser to control agitated suspects in police custody is standard operating procedure for many law enforcement agencies.
In some circles, however, the idea that using a Taser could lead to a suspect's death has caused controversy.
Using a Taser to subdue a violent suspect is safer than police batons and fists.
The year before, just about 90 miles west of the high school where Kaepernick played football, baseball and basketball, an Oakland resident named Oscar Grant was shot in the back in a BART Station by an officer who told investigators he mistakenly believed he was using his taser.
«We have decided to improve our conditions and procedure on using Taser guns to cope with violent acts and disturbances on board in a fast and efficient manner,» Korean Air wrote in a statement to Reuters.
Last year, the company shocked festival goers when it zapped an intern with 80,000 volts of electricity using a taser - equipped drone.
When Taser first started selling stun guns to police, Smith decided to implement tracking and activity - logging technology to ensure departments could have a record of every time a cop used the Taser.
The company came under fire in 2015 after a Washington Post investigation found that, on average, one person per week died in incidents in which police used Tasers that year.
The policy is designed to give cabin crew more leeway in the decision to use tasers, Zhang reports.
Surveillance footage captured the scrum that led Coral Gables police to use a Taser stun gun on Aviel Gutierrez in December 2016.
The police had to use Taser guns to scare away the crowd, some of whom had picked stones and clubs ready to lynch the lady.
Devon and Cornwall police were criticised for using a Tasers against two boys aged 14 and 15 in a school.
Northumbria police officers were responsible for 122 incidents while the Metropolitan police used Tasers 90 times.
There were accusations of police brutality today as officers used tasers and batons to try to force residents out of Dale Farm.
Barry also didn't try to use his Taser gun to subdue Danner.
Among the complaints in Hulett's lawsuit was that the Syracuse Police Department created an environment that emboldened officers to use Tasers.
Guards use taser - like weapons, guns and other pain inducing tactics.
A Miami - Dade police lieutenant used a Taser stun gun to break up a fight between English bulldogs.
He came back after a month's hiatus, encouraging people to eat Tide Pods and used a taser on dead animals.
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.
Officers justified in using Tasers on agitated Edmonton man holding knife: ASIRT, Canadian Press
The police used a taser on Dziekanski within seconds of their arrival, resulting in his death.
«400 - pound woman caught shoplifting when motorized cart gets stuck at Rochester Hills Meijer... police use Taser to subdue her»
The cases involved allegations that a school resource officer (employed by the City of Kankakee) used his taser on African American students.
Earlier this month, it suspended all ads from videos of one of its biggest stars, Logan Paul, after he posted video showing a suicide victim in Japan and a later one in which he used a Taser on a dead rat.

Not exact matches

VieVu, founded in 2007 by ex-Seattle police officer and former Taser employee Steve Ward, has about 4,000 law enforcement agencies in 17 countries using its body cameras and digital video storage.
Instead of using a SWAT officer with a sniper rifle to take out a mass shooter or terrorist, Smith says drones equipped with Tasers could be used.
Smith says his customers have been asking about how drones can be used in police work, but Taser does not have a drone product in the pipeline.
Precincts have started adopting or increasing use of less - than - lethal force — including pepper spray and Tasers — in an effort to reduce injury and death.
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.
But whether Tasers are truly reducing law enforcement's use of deadly force remains questionable in a nation where 20 percent of arrests entail some use of force.
The link between the electric weapon and serious injury remains unclear; some people may hurt themselves in a fall after being Tasered while other risk factors include hypertensive heart disease or drug use, leading some to conclude that the problem has more to do with officer accountability.
Following a re-training of patrol officers in 2012, cops frequently substituted Tasers for minor, intermediate, and major uses of force.
The site adds that Tasers have saved nearly 200,000 lives, with over 3.6 million uses in the field worldwide.
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.
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.
Precincts have started adopting or increasing their use of less - than - lethal force — including pepper spray and Tasers — in an effort to reduce injury and death while still giving police options when facing would - be assailants.
According to the company's website, Taser technology is designed to target the body's nervous system and motor movement, making the weapon «an alternative far superior to using firearms in many contexts.»
Many cities have recently decided to give Tasers a second chance after police use of force led to public unrest in Baltimore, Chicago and Ferguson, Missouri.
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.
US C - SOG argues that by using modern technology and weapons, including shotguns, Tasers, and body cameras, officers can use a more exact amount of force and ensure they never apply more than necessary.
In 2013 he argued that a police officer had not used excessive force when he shot a fleeing suspect in the head with a Taser.
According to Reuters, Korean Air stated that its cabin crew were hesitant to deploy its tasers because the equipment is only allowed to be used in situation where the lives of the passengers and crew are in danger or if the safety of the flight is under threat.
In an Instagram post, Marx's wife, former MTV VJ Daisy Fuentes, who was also on the flight, accused Korean Air flight attendants of not knowing how to use the on - board tasers and ropes.
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