Los Angeles police will start testing a new generation of Tasers with greater range that officials say will give officers more options before resorting to deadly force against uncooperative ...

A study conducted by emergency medicine physicians at the University of California, San Diego Medical Center showed no lasting effects of the Taser on healthy test subjects.

With 49 people killed last year after being shocked by Tasers, police departments across the United States are trying out a "Spider-Man"-like device that fires a tether that entangles and ...

This is the third in a series of columns following Daily Journal news editor Noah Crenshaw’s experiences taking part in the Greenwood Police Department’s Citizens Academy. Prior columns can be found ...

After the jump you can watch video of the first civilian testing of the Taser Grenade’s power. Aptly enough, they zap a reporter named Justin Rocket Silverman, and I can’t even justify why ...

The real test of the newer Tasers' effectiveness was playing out on the streets. Before the end of the year, five people would be fatally shot by police after a Taser failed to subdue them.

FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — Recruit Matt Cecil fidgeted nervously as one of his instructors, Frederick Police Officer Greg Santangelo, fixed the laser sights of an X26P Taser on his back. "So, Cecil ...

There has been some controversy regarding the use of the Taser in controlling subjects in police custody, including reports of deaths. In a paper to be presented at the 2007 Society for Academic ...

ACLU of Vermont Executive Director Allen Gilbert proposed four changes. Gilbert said videocameras should be used in conjunction with Tasers. The policy should also mandate Taser testing using more ...

These statistics have led to authorities testing an alternative that doesn't dish out electric shocks; instead, it wraps suspects up, Spider-Man-style, in a tether.

The Kansas police department has plans to test a virtual reality training simulator and a new taser. The training software has the potential to make the training process more efficient.

After accidental Taser firings inside police stationhouses surged in 2020, a new safety warning has finally gone up in commands around the city, the Daily News has learned. “Caution. Ensure y… ...