" The four officers tackle him to the ground, and seconds later one of the officers can be heard saying, "Taser, Taser, Taser!
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" Taser calls these officers "independent professional trainers" who "serve as local area TASER experts, and assist in conducting TASER demonstrations at other police departments.
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Taser will continue to use the Taser brand for its weapons products.
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After a struggle, Officer Payne shouted, "Taser, Taser," and warned Mr. Bear-heels three more times that the Taser would be used, the statement said.
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At one point, the officers push Mr. Brown to the ground and one officer calls out "Taser, Taser, Taser," after which a stun gun is used on Mr. Brown.
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At one point, the officers push Mr. Brown to the ground and one officer calls out, "Taser, Taser, Taser," after which a stun gun is used on Mr. Brown.
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"You'll hear him say Taser" but you will never see that Taser leave his vest.
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Formerly named Taser International, the company was the largest provider of its signature Taser stun guns.
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If you've ever seen a police officer carrying a taser, that taser was almost certainly manufactured by the publicly traded company formerly known as Taser International, now named Axon Enterprise, Inc.
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Taser International — Taser came in a penny a share above estimates, with quarterly profit of seven cents per share.
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" Taser International: "You know what, Taser is starting to regain what it lost and it should never have lost.
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Reuters contacted 14 police departments, counties and cities that saw a Taser-related or other serious Taser-related incident last year.
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" Taser International: "I don't understand why Taser hasn't gone higher, and I am saying that under $20 it is a buy.
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VieVu sued, saying that Taser had illegally interfered with its contract; Taser countersued, saying that VieVu was falsely advertising its cameras' capabilities.
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Emails obtained through public records requests filed by Official Police Business, researcher Alan Hovorka, and others following this issue, show Taser representatives routinely offering police officials free travel and accommodations to Taser events so they can speak about Taser products.
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"As of the first quarter of 2157, TASER International had sold approximately 850,000 TASER brand conducted electrical weapons (CEWs) to more than 18,000 law enforcement and military agencies in 107 countries," said Steve Tuttle, vice president of communications at TASER International.
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Reuters has contacted 211 police departments, counties and cities that saw a Taser-related death or other serious Taser-related incident in 2018.
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The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department ordered 1,525 Taser X2 smart weapons and the Huntsville (Alabama) Police Department ordered 400 Taser X26P smart weapons.
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The defense has argued that Scott was able to take the Taser away from Slager and was coming at the officer with the Taser.
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With less charge, the new Taser may have less effect on targets than the old Taser, the committee said in an evaluation issued last October.
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And while there is no official tally of deaths connected to Taser use, Amnesty International connected at least 500 deaths to Taser use by 2012.
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"The female did not react to the Taser being on, or the white light coming from the end of the Taser," the reporting officer noted.
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"Taser weapons are the most thoroughly studied and safest force option available to law enforcement," Steve Tuttle, spokesman for Taser maker Axon International, told Reuters.
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Taser CEO Rick Smith has said a "significant majority" of deaths associated with Taser shocks are due to excited delirium, chronic drug use or other conditions.
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Slager said Scott grabbed his Taser and pulled it out of his hand, Ghent testified, but Slager didn't indicate that Scott used the Taser on him.
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But the Taser doesn't usually make things worse, he said, since the Taser incapacitates a person for only five seconds and there are no long term effects.
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There were similar reported numbers for Taser discharges: Of the 103,886 Taser uses between 2012 and 2015, 217 percent of those hit by stun guns were black.
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That's certainly the case for Taser — invented in 1974, Taser stands for "Thomas A. Swift's Electric Rifle," an homage to a fictional character from the early 1900s.
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"Until this happened to my son, I had no idea that Taser had changed the point of aim," said Masters, who has carried a Taser since 103.
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And some taser victims did die — deaths for which Taser International publicly denied responsibility, citing autopsy reports that, according to Stroud, did not support the company's claims.
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Of course, the recipient of a taser blast is never happy, and the company has been the target of many lawsuits over wrongful deaths caused by a Taser.
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Axon Enterprise, formerly Taser International and the maker of Taser, offers a wide range of law enforcement technologies in additional to its flagship product, including cameras and law enforcement software.
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While police allege Dobbins applied the Taser to her son on the leg, Dobbins said she only made the Taser spark to scare her son but did not touch him.
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The NYPD is testing body cameras from Taser and Vievu, the Seattle-based body camera company founded by a former Taser salesman and owned by tactical gear company the Safariland Group.
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" Taser International: "I think the stock is too cheap.
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In 2015-2016, Taser paid his employer, Hennepin County Medical Center, nearly $2267,2000 to help fund his position and reserve a portion of his time for Taser research, the center told Reuters.
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So has an aggressive marketing push by companies that produce the body-worn cameras, particularly Taser International, whose Axon brand cameras have, according to Taser, been bought by 3,500 police agencies nationwide.
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Had the situation turned into a lengthier standoff, there may have been a Taser on the scene; a sergeant, who would typically carry a Taser, arrived just as the officers were firing.
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The company also has been migrating many Taser customers to a recurring payment plan, with 1993% of Taser sales in Q3 made on a subscription basis, up from 33% a year ago.
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Amtrak police deployed a Taser on a belligerent man near a waiting area, and some people thought the sound of the Taser was the sound of gunshots, according to NBC 4 New York.
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He also noted that most of the DNA found on Slager's Taser belonged to Scott, which he said supported his client's claim that he and Scott tussled over the Taser before the shooting.
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Police arrested Ildephonse after they used a Taser on him.
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The incident with the Taser occurred outside of Miller's home.
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At that, the second officer shot him with a Taser.
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But Turner told investigators the Taser jolts knocked Williams down.
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The suspect fled and Geer after Geer deployed his taser.
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"I would try to get my Taser out," Andersson said.
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You used your baton, why didn't you use your taser?
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Another gave Maxwell instructions while pointing a taser at him.
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Taylor fired a pair of darts from her X2 Taser.
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Finicum was out of range of the Taser, he said.
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Taser disputes the idea that the X26 poses special risks.
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Why is Taser so interested in having this case reheard?
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Taser this year changed its name to Axon Enterprise Inc .
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The university settled for $2 million; Taser faced no litigation.
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After firing a Taser stun gun, police detained the man.
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Taser, knife and then sit there and tell him why?
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Sterling doesn't get still and Lake reaches for his Taser.
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Taser sent a protest letter to the city last fall.
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Another officer, Zane Slusher, drove a Taser into her abdomen.
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In several instances around the country, Taser has either paid for the travel of police chiefs who went on to award the company contracts, or hired recently retired chiefs who had awarded Taser contracts.
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Taser International told Reuters that only 28 people have ever died from their stun guns, and 18 of them were from being struck on the head with the Taser (not from the electric shock).
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" The statement says Vasquez "initially advised that he did not use a taser on anyone," but later "stated that the children needed to be disciplined and that he used the taser when they acted out.
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The New Statesman reported in 2017 that a number of deaths have been linked to "Taser-initiated combustion," with Axon Enterprises (formerly known as Taser International) saying that nine deaths had been counted since 1993.
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How easy is it to confuse a gun with a Taser?
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He allegedly became combative with officers, was reportedly subdued by taser.
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Last year, the company debuted a small Taser gun for consumers.
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During the encounter, officers used a Taser on Fowler, says Wright.
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How easy is it to confuse a gun for a Taser?
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Bates was the only person with a Taser, the defense said.
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But they are increasingly keen on using another sidearm: the Taser.
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Sturm gained about 4.9 percent Friday, while Taser rose 5.9 percent.
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As she watched, Shaffer switched from the rifle to his Taser.
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Turner did log 13 hours of Taser training over a decade.
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Does she plan to use a taser or something more sophisticated??
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Brown then fired his Taser, striking the girl in the back.
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Meet the Pulse, the Taser designed for purses, and back pockets.
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Images from the new Taser Pulse marketing effort are somehow revealing.
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Slager's first attempt to use his Taser did not stop Scott.
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One with a firearm, striking the man, one with his taser.
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CNN affiliate KIRO reported that the officers didn't have a Taser.
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Instead, he insisted, he was using a faux Taser phone app.
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"Which is why Taser International is screaming very loud," Truzy said.
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And Taser has filed motions to dismiss Digital Ally's case outright.
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Bates said he mistakenly grabbed his gun instead of his Taser.
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The case against Taser has been resolved, family attorney Falzone said.
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A good portion of this research is financially backed by Taser.
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He begs them to take the Taser prongs off of him.
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The white paper did not note the trio's links with Taser.
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The death was "natural" and attributable to excited delirium, Taser argued.
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Gonsalves opened fire and McDaniel discharged a Taser device, police said.
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Figueroa deployed a Taser, which was ineffective, according to the report.
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One officer, upon arrival, immediately aimed a Taser at Mr. Ferrell.
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Taser declined to comment on whether it pressed Pinehurst to appeal.
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And using computing power from Microsoft and Amazon, Taser runs Evidence.
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And several cities have awarded contracts to Taser without competitive bidding.
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The sergeant deployed a Taser twice, and the man was detained.
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" Axon Enterprise: "This was the old Taser, and we like it.
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Yet one party is increasingly absent from the courtroom: Taser International.
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The Taser "is classified as a 'non-lethal' weapon," Haas said.
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Smith dismissed the notion that Taser was shifting liability to police.
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Taser says there is no excuse for officers misunderstanding the risks.
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That's when Lopera shot Farmer with his taser, the Times reports.
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It took several cops and a taser to restrain the guy.
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Almost simultaneously, the second officer fired his Taser at the man.
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Police then taser him and shortly thereafter an officer fires shots.
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"She did take her Taser, remove the cartridge from it, and arced the Taser," Smithville Police Chief Howard Funk said, adding officials had had met with the town's solicitor to determine if Boskoski should face charges.
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In the police report, Slager said he felt threatened, and claimed in a police report that Scott took his taser — which is presumably why the officer "planted" the taser on the fallen man, though that's not confirmed.
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Since then, Taser has been a party to just one in five cases filed, and lawyers who frequently handle Taser-related litigation say the manufacturer's warnings have made it far more difficult to successfully sue the company.
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But he does so not with a gun or Taser or handcuffs.
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Sanders was stunned three times with a Taser and died soon after.
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Franklin County deemed Taser use in both cases "justified," internal reports show.
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I could just see the Taser lights going off in the car.
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Taser also has been awarded camera contracts in Los Angeles and Philadelphia.
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He didn't get shot, but he did get blasted with a Taser.
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Bates claimed his mistook his gun for a Taser during the incident.
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Taser is the maker of non-lethal stun-guns and body cameras.
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"[The deputy] shot him with a taser … that didn't work," Synder said.
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The Schrocks sued Ontario police and the weapon's manufacturer, Taser International Inc.
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In general, Taser products have been viewed as a law-enforcement tool.
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Officers had used a Taser against Clary, but he continued to resist.
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Fires are also not the primary safety risk associated with Taser use.
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The four officers reportedly shot the man multiple times with a Taser.
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But five shocks from a Taser had "literally zero effect," Wilkins said.
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Shelby then fired her weapon and Turnbough fired his Taser, she testified.
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In recent years, Taser has focused on building its cloud program, Evidence.
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But while Taser death is rare, Atkinson is not the only victim.
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Officers reportedly tried using a taser on the suspect to no effect.
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Instead, they stunned him with a Taser and took him into custody.
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The X26 poses higher cardiac risk than other Taser models, Reuters found.
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Her office decided not to prosecute Officer Mercado, who fired the Taser.
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Taser often offers its experts' help to police immediately after a death.
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Mr. Sherman grabbed the Taser gun, and a fight for it ensued.
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"We had a very successful business selling Taser weapons," Mr. Smith said.
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The chief said the sergeant had a Taser, which was not used.
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The officer pulls out his Taser as McDowell gets to his knees.
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The police department said it tightened its Taser policy after the incident.
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Sanchez's mother initially sued Taser, the police and the city of Phoenix.
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It's been mentioned in Taser press releases as far back as 2009.
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They tried and failed to subdue him with a Taser, they said.
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The department is investigating why the Taser did not stop Mr. Jeune.
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Read more: Taser, Xerox, Popsicle, and 31 more brands-turned-household names
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Lake twice used a Taser on Sterling, with little to no effect.
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Wagstaff said it's still unclear if the Taser contributed to Okobi's death.
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She's so afraid of the scammers that she's started carrying a Taser.
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Axon, you may remember, was the division Taser created a few years ago to focus on the wearable camera space; the tech was getting there, and Taser was in the right position to bring it to law enforcement.
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"Then the officer with the Taser asked the gentleman to put his hands behind his back and did so probably two or three times and reactivated the Taser another four or five times after that," Quinn told BBC.
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According to a report by the United States Department of Justice/National Institute of Justice panel on the safety of TASER weapons, aiming a Taser at the chest, in front of the heart, is not completely risk-free.
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Taser, Hughes said, sent its top trainer, former Marine special forces martial arts expert Hans Marrero, to train those personnel in close-quarters Taser drills at the state's notorious Corcoran Prison, until recently home to the late Charles Manson.
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Read: More than 100 U.S. prisoners have died after being shocked by a Taser Cover image: File photo 26/02/13 of a police officer demonstrating the use of a Taser (Photo: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire via AP Images)
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Disclosure: Craig-Hallum has received compensation from Taser for non-investment banking activities.
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She said the only evidence that Scott had Slager's Taser came from Slager.
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Ultimately, he said, Taser shifted its focus away from state and federal prisons.
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As the lawsuit neared trial, the Taser shocks emerged as a central issue.
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He reviewed videos of recent Taser incidents at the facility obtained by Reuters.
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When she allegedly refused, they used pepper spray and a taser on her.
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Officers discovered her partially dressed, the Taser prongs still stuck to her chest.
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"He's got my Taser!" one sheriff can be heard yelling on the videos.
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How easy (or hard) is it to confuse a gun for a Taser?
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CNBC "Halftime Report " trader Jon Najarian bought Taser for his model portfolio Friday.
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Lafontant deployed a Taser against Ashun but it was ineffective, according to Harrison.
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He was subdued by police using a Taser stun gun, London police said.
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Officer Josh McDaniel, like Gonsalves an officer for 21 years, deployed his Taser.
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But police say they soon learned Ingram did, in fact, own a Taser.
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They asked Shelby why she didn't use a Taser instead of a gun.
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The officer drew his taser and deployed it ... knocking Albert to the ground.
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Opponents say it is tantamount to putting a taser gun in the water.
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Mash "has never received funding from Taser for her research," said spokeswoman Worley.
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He has spoken out against reports suggesting multiple Taser shocks can be dangerous.
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He grabbed onto Munoz's Taser and tried to bite Munoz, the report said.
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Slager's first attempt to use the Taser on Scott did not stop him.
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At least eight major cities have adopted more restrictive Taser policies, Reuters found.
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In some instances, it has paid police chiefs to travel to Taser conferences.
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Again they issue a warning, and then hit the man with a Taser.
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Fighting with officers he was tasered & ripped the taser prongs from his body.
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Shelby had a Taser but did not take it out, the attorney said.
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Taser began assembling medical and legal advisers to help modify its safety warnings.
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Taser got the amount reduced to $150,25 on appeal, but other troubles followed.
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A second guard fired his Taser, and Charlie finally went down with Brightmoor.
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She initially fired a Taser, and then shot him twice in the back.
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Major police departments bought in and Taser International became a Wall Street darling.
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The officer who used the Taser, Mark Bessner, was suspended and then resigned.
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It also suggests a 1990s cell phone — and, to this writer, a taser.
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"We were trying to buy time to have a Taser," Officer McElligott said.
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Ms. Simek pushed the Taser away and tried to run, Mr. Yonke said.
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Newsflash for Corey, it's illegal to have a Taser in your carry-on.
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Bates, 22015, said he had meant to use his Taser, not his revolver.
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In one case, the Taser appears to have even added a new element of peril: An officer stunned another officer with the Taser during a confrontation with a mentally ill man, setting off dangerous confusion among the officers on the scene.
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Deputy Michael later told investigators that Ms. Simek had grabbed the Taser and shocked her left leg, but Ms. Simek said that she had not taken the Taser and that she had no intention of hurting the officer, according to prosecutors.
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The officer pulled out his Taser, forced Craig to the ground and arrested her.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - Corporal Matthew Stice pointed his Taser at Martini Smith's bare chest.
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Cramer attributed some of the strength behind Taser to it expanding into new areas.
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Taser is the company known for non-lethal stun guns used by law enforcement.
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He said officers used a Taser on Blevins, who then tried to run away.
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DuRant questioned how the Taser could've posed a threat to Slager 18 feet away.
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Moments later, someone -- presumably security -- pulls out a taser and things finally de-escalate.
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The officers then deployed a Taser on Lewis "multiple times without effect," police said.
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But he said he meant to use his Taser stun gun, not his revolver.
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When he tried to move his hands, the other officer, Lake, used a taser.
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Taser said it shipped more than 1003,000 cameras in the quarter ended in March.
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One officer fired a taser at Suazo, but it was ineffective, the report states.
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One officer deployed a Taser against Ashun but it was ineffective, according to Harrison.
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Taser spokesman Tuttle acknowledged concerns about using the company's weapons on the mentally ill.
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But shortly after, Brown defends his decision to use the Taser on the child.
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Shelby fired one shot from her weapon while Turnbough fired his Taser, she testified.
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At that point, Shelby fired her weapon and Turnbough fired his Taser, she testified.
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Long story short ... the cop busts out his taser to take down the guy.
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Axon, creator of the Taser, did something unusual for a technology company last year.
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Truzy declined to file for rehearing, but Taser filed a brief supporting Armstrong anyway.
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In January, Digital Ally sued Taser International for infringing on a body camera patent.
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It doesn't matter that a Taser didn't do what it was meant to do.
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When he refused, they used a Taser on him and arrested him, Knecht said.
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In an email, Kroll said his affiliation with Taser did not bias his research.
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When he would not drop the knife, officers used a Taser to subdue him.
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Behind the scenes, one company is at the center of it all: Taser International.
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In 2009, shortly after Taser began selling its cameras through its Axon division, Sgt.
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Deputies deployed a Taser before handcuffing Martin, the GBI said in a July statement.
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Shares of wearable video camera makers Taser and Digital Ally surged on the news.
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Taser says the Reuters figures show the company's warnings have reduced liability for police.
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By December 1999, the Smiths had developed a more refined, powerful and dependable Taser.
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At least four police departments suspended Taser use based on liability and safety concerns.
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Meanwhile, Okobi's death has become a flashpoint in the county's debate over Taser use.
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A male officer who stood next to her used his Taser on Mr. Crutcher.
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When Mr. Palmer failed to comply, an officer used a Taser on him — twice.
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He pulls out his taser and fires at her, leaving her yelping in pain.
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Later, she tells him he did not have to use his taser on her.
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Another fired a Taser, striking her in the chest and stomach, Mr. Douhne said.
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"A Taser is not defined in California law as lethal force," Mr. Wagstaffe said.
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Schneider turns the Taser toward the boy and quickly lowers it, the video shows.
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One can be seen removing his Taser from its holster before several officers approach.
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"Tase her," the other officer instructed his partner, but neither officer had a Taser.
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He eventually had to be subdued by taser, and was arrested on kidnapping charges.
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What do you mean a law enforcement person used a Taser in an ER?
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In 2009, the manufacturer introduced the possibility that Taser shocks could affect the heart.
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Chicago police officer David Ivankovich testified he responded to the scene with a Taser.
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Sandy was the one who reached for his rifle instead of his Taser shotgun.
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Hughes, who left Taser in late 2009, said the new market demanded a new pitch.
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His defense team has said he shot Scott after the two tussled over Slager's Taser.
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Mistaking the Taser for a gun, the officers fired 59 bullets at Nieto, killing him.
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Gooch wasn't knocked out with the Taser, so Lipka had to bind and gag her.
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Separately, Taser announced the departure of Chief Financial Officer Dan Behrendt to pursue other opportunities.
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Slager used his Taser on Scott, then the two got into a scuffle, they contend.
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Axon (then Taser International) went after him both times with every legal tool it could.
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In 2018, at least 49 people died after being shocked by police with a Taser.
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Five others, including San Mateo, California, say they are conducting reviews of their Taser policies.
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We're told the officer took out his taser 'cause he was scared for his safety.
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One of Arnold's guards busted the potential thief by pulling a Taser on his ass.
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Lastly, you are on a couple of company boards — Twitter and Axon (formerly Taser International).
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Contrary to the police report, Santana's video showed Scott never reached for the officer's Taser.
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Police have said one officer fired his gun and the other one used a Taser.
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An officer reportedly used a Taser to subdue the assailant before police formally arrested him.
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"It's nothing personal, Tony, " I say, holding up the taser, even though it definitely is.
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I hold out the taser, and get the gutting knife out with my other hand.
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Taser International argued that the Fourth Circuit's opinion wasn't consistent with standards throughout the county.
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One officer used a taser on Jaselskis after he tried to fight the arresting officers.
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Adding those, Taser has financial ties with nearly 30 percent of the research it cites.
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Like many companies, Taser also pushes to keep contrary expert opinions out of the courtroom.
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Thomsen said Trammell received 15-18 electrical jolts from a smaller number of Taser firings.
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In Fort Worth, which has bought 800 body cameras from Taser and uses its Evidence.
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Under questioning, Mr. Slager denied that his Taser use was a reflection of his temperament.
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Another officer who responded and stood next to her used his Taser on Mr. Crutcher.
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Taser sued him, claiming that he had stolen proprietary information about a product in development.
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That September, Taser acknowledged its weapons could pose "remote" cardiac risks in otherwise healthy people.
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"Get the fuck on the ground!" the officer yells, pointing his taser at my body.
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Although she was armed with a Taser at the time, she pulled out her firearm.
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A man grabbed her Taser during a confrontation, and she shot him in the stomach.
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Kenneth Pierce, who is white, ordered a rookie officer to shoot her with a Taser.
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The bodycam shows the officer back up, take aim and fire the Taser once more.
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As they pulled the Taser prongs from Wheatcroft's body, he screamed more, the lawsuit says.
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Troopers confronted him and one tried to deploy a Taser on Ortiz, but he escaped.
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The taser video was one of his first following a brief hiatus from posting videos.
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One was carrying a taser, and used it on Lu as he attempted to resist.
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When confronted with prey or a threat, it transforms into a Taser-like shocking apparatus.
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The deputy said he intended to use his Taser but fired his service weapon instead.
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By the looks of the videos, the Taser and gun were seemingly fired almost simultaneously.
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"There are so many things that corrections officers can use to control an inmate short of a Taser, that if you're in a correctional facility and you're having to use a Taser, you're doing something wrong," Bryan said, citing other methods including pepper spray.
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Nieto, who worked as a security guard at a nightclub, had been carrying a work-issued taser at the time of the shooting, but whether he brandished the taser and fired at officers remained a key point of contention throughout the 8-day trial.
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"If you start exhibiting excited delirium behavior and you are in the terminal throes of death, and you are so bizarre you can't be controlled anyplace else, you will receive Taser therapy," he testified as an expert for Taser in a wrongful death suit.
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The new Taser was reconfigured with a compressed-air firing mechanism, so that it would no longer be under the jurisdiction of the A.T.F. The Air Taser, marketed as a tool for self-defense, sold limpingly in the Sharper Image catalogue, alongside revolving tie racks.
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Video Shows Cincinnati Officer Confronting 90-Year-Old After Using Taser on Her Body camera video shows the aftermath of the episode, in which an off-duty officer working security at a Kroger supermarket used a Taser on a girl he accused of stealing.
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The officer then fires his Taser stun gun, and the woman slowly drops to the ground.
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Joseph Lavana plugs a Taser body-worn camera to the docking station at the police station.
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But Scott was stronger and wrestled away his Taser, briefly pointing it at him before running.
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A team of officers rushed in and used a Taser to subdue Ildephones, the statement says.
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He resisted arrest and ran before he was brought down by the cop using a Taser.
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As he tries to handcuff the woman, she breaks free, prompting Delacruz to deploy his Taser.
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A few seconds later, you hear an officer yell for the taser and Brown gets shocked.
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Korean Air claims she didn't use the taser because she was afraid she'd hit other passengers.
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You can also see what appears to be puncture wounds on his body from the taser.
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But a patent infringement lawsuit filed by a small competitor could potentially prove costly for Taser.
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Taser stock climbed about 4 percent on Thursday after the company reported better-than-expected results .
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The police Taser is a single-shot weapon that delivers an electric current to incapacitate suspects.
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The woman did not comply and the officers used their Taser stun guns, the police said.
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"Anyone who says this was a Taser situation doesn't understand what the police do," he said.
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One officer fired his gun at Olango, while a second officer discharged his Taser, he said.
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In the case of Digital Ally's taser, the devices are shot onto humans rather than vehicles.
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Digital Ally has certainly identified parts of Axon's taser design that it feels can be improved.
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I asked him: does Digital Ally have any chance of challenging Axon in the taser market?
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Many officers have taken a Taser shock in training, and they attest to its agonizing power.
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Courts have largely endorsed that position, finding that police are responsible for policies on Taser use.
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Little research exists on Taser use against people in mental health crises and other vulnerable individuals.
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Ten years ago, Axon started using robots to assemble cartridges for its flagship product, the Taser.
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The classic Taser works by firing two barbs with trailing wires that deliver an electrical shock.
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Shares Taser and Digital Ally, which both make wearable video cameras, also surged on the news.
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Klock allegedly ripped the Taser probes off his chest and started acting out Karate-style moves.
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In an email to Reuters, Taser spokesman Steve Tuttle said the new weapons are not underpowered.
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This system has some distinct advantages over big players like Taser and Vievu and Digital Ally.
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Seattle Police Chief Kathleen O'Toole also told the Seattle Times that neither officers had a Taser.
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The man also punched the boys and used a Taser on Smith, the news station reports.
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TASER says a dozen brand-name holster manufacturers will be releasing holsters designed for it, too.
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The CEO added that the name change from Taser to Axon supports the network-oriented shift.
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After signs of the X26's risk surfaced, Taser neither alerted police nor recalled the weapon.
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They tried to deploy a Taser an estimated five times on Kelley Jr., to no effect.
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Scott soon took off on foot and, at one point, according to Slager, stole his taser.
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He ruled instead that Hernandez-Llach died from sudden cardiac arrest due to the Taser discharge.
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Taser promotes this research in conferences and programs, some hosted free at its Scottsdale, Arizona, headquarters.
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Slager testified at his trial that he feared for his life because Scott grabbed his Taser.
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The estate's lawyer, Karonnie Truzy, dismissed Taser from the lawsuit after it documented its product warnings.
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"Taser is very much intertwined with police departments," said Mark Strouse, an analyst at JPMorgan Chase.
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Sales soared in the years after, with thousands of law enforcement agencies buying Taser stun guns.
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The police department's investigation found the officers' use of the Taser an "egregious violation" of policy.
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The prosecutor said the officer could have engaged Santos with his baton, pepper spray or Taser.
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He fired his Taser at the girl, striking her in the back, according to the release.
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Soon, according to Mr. Slager, Mr. Scott seized the Taser and appeared ready to fire it.
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She always carries a Taser, she said, because she does not feel safe in most places.
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The student was not touched by the Taser at any time, and no injuries were reported.
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By May 2007, Taser announced it had faced 45 death and injury lawsuits without a loss.
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I want to thank your security who were very, very gentle and creative with the taser.
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Sheriff Gonzalez said that Deputy Brewer was equipped with a Taser, which he did not use.
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The lieutenant who had given the order to fire the Taser killed himself eight days later.
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She shot a man in the stomach who had grabbed her police Taser during a confrontation.
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An officer used his Taser on Mr. Owens, but it had "no effect," the police said.
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She gave him a Taser gun, which the man used to strike Nix in the back.
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We're told Corey always travels with a Taser ... which he normally puts in his checked luggage.
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He believed Mr. Farmer was trying to carjack the vehicle and fired his Taser at him.
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Companies distributing and managing services include FlyMotion and Axon (which was formerly known as Taser International).
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Even Cramer was taken aback by the blowout quarterly earnings report from Taser maker Axon Enterprise.
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The corrections officer brought a Taser as well as some other unidentified items in a bag.
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"The total amount of energy would be considerably higher than a law enforcement Taser," he said.
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The initial shock wasn't the Taser jolt I'd imagined, even when I ratcheted up the voltage.
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One female stewardess was pictured holding a Taser while Marx was seen clenching rope around his fist.
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In 5003, Taser hired Paul Hughes, a barrel-chested ex-Marine, to lead its push into corrections.
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Similarly, Motorola and Axon (formerly Taser) have invested in real-time object recognition in their body cameras.
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Authorities also found a knife, a Taser, a black hood, handcuffs, and a security badge, ABC7 reported.
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His wife told police that she couldn't retrieve her husband's handgun, so she grabbed the Taser instead.
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A videotape, which starts after the Taser apparently was shot at Scott, was filmed by a bystander.
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The agreement includes body cameras for 2100,000 uniformed officers as well as stun guns made by Taser.
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A struggle began and Guyger fired her Taser at Perez, who then wrested it away from her.
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Brown then deployed his taser and struck the 11-year-old girl in the back, police said.
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Some states are considering higher regulatory standards for Taser devices amid growing public concern over their safety.
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But we don't want to be having the Taser debate every time we talk about something else.
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"I made the noise with the Taser, but I did not tase my son," she told KNXV.
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Taser International shares were up more than 4653 percent after the bell, following its quarterly earnings report.
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One officer fired his gun at Olango, while a second officer discharged his Taser, police have said.
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The officer activated the taser 10 times in a period of 50 seconds, according to the report.
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Nancy took them through the house to the back; Santiago Mota, a veteran cop, drew his Taser.
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"Ultimately, Taser is not responsible for educating every medical examiner on the subtleties of electrocution," Tuttle said.
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Phounsy's family sued San Diego County and other first responders, citing excessive Taser use, among other factors.
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Taser, the leading manufacturer of police body cameras, said sales skyrocketed after the Rialto study was published.
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He said Chapman knocked a Taser out of his hands and charged at him before he fired.
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He also confirmed that Shelby had fired one shot and Officer Tyler Turnbough had deployed his Taser.
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Scott was stronger and wrestled away his Taser, briefly pointing it at him before running, Slager said.
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No arrests were made, but a taser was pulled out at one point to de-escalate things.
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A taser failed to subdue the suspect, and a lieutenant exchanged gunfire with Vang, according to authorities.
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The officers allegedly had to use a taser on Arce before non-fatally shooting her, police said.
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It's not yet confirmed what object the officer dropped, but it's believed to be the officer's taser.
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Taser International would risk competing directly with gun manufacturers The case stretches back to April 23rd, 13.
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Only one of the officers fired his weapon, police said; the other fired a Taser-like device.
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The officer who initially stopped Harmon, Kris Smith, fired his Taser, according to the district attorney's report.
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West Milwaukee Police Chief Dennis Nasci told CNN the Taser made contact only five or six times.
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He said the former officer later picked up and then dropped the Taser next to Scott's body.
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But sales picked up when Taser introduced a powerful electrical weapon, the M26, which resembled a handgun.
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Until May, officers were prohibited from using a Taser to stun a person more than three times.
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Under new Taser guidelines, there is no explicit limit on how many times officers may stun someone.
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But some experts say Taser has overstated the safety and that the shock can cause cardiac arrest.
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With a contract with country's largest police department at stake, Taser is seeking to unravel the deal.
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Taser, which had been disqualified from competing due to inappropriate contacts with officials, was given another chance.
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As we brought Taser to law enforcement, they were, like, chuckling and laughing that it doesn't work.
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In 1993, brothers Rick and Tom Smith acquired the rights and formed what would become Taser International.
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Taser has denied in a lawsuit filed by the family that its weapon caused Bryce's cardiac arrest.
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Ramzi Saad died after a Taser shock by police during a dispute between Saad and his mother.
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Two months later, the questions about Taser use grew more urgent: Chinedu Okobi, 36, died on Oct.
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Officer Lake fires his Taser at Mr. Sterling, twice, and Officer Salamoni tackles him to the ground.
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He said the Taser on his belt was "not appropriate" to counter a weapon like a bat.
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In that case, Deputy Michael said Mr. Sneed had tried to Taser her with her own weapon.
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Another officer shocked him with a Taser at the same moment that the fatal shot was fired.
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But he never heard over the radio that a Taser unit was on its way, he said.
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But Axon, which changed its name from Taser International 11 months ago, hasn't exactly been sitting still.
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When she finally does confront him, in a transformative episode this month, she doesn't grab her Taser.
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After the man pointed the Taser at the officer, the officer fired one round, killing the man.
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One other guard, Sergeant Andrew Eing, fired his Taser 26 times for a total of 2503 seconds.
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It stated that Scott had gone for Slager's Taser, and Slager was in fear for his life.
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Police departments have a complicated past with Taser stun guns, which shoot electrified barbs instead of bullets.
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The video showed the officer yelling at Bland and threatening to "light [Bland] up" with a Taser.
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Sais said police had to taser the driver twice after he refused their attempts to free him.
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A Korean Air flight attendant holds a Taser gun as other passengers look on and the unruly passenger is subdued (Facebook) Taser weren't used during the frightening incident because "the unruly passenger was moving around and there were other passengers near him" according to a statement from the airline.
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Taser will be providing 1,556 of its Axon Body 2 cameras, two for each member of the force.
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The video shows the officer telling McDowell to get on his stomach or he would fire the Taser.
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The placement of Nieto's hands and a timestamp on the taser became a focal point of the trial.
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Hovan tried to run away from police before he was taken down by an officer using a Taser.
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Don't worry, though: She still has that same chip on her shoulder and a taser when absolutely necessary.
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Body cam maker Axon (formerly known as Taser) has been working on similar object recognition tech since 2017.
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Smyly drew his taser, then his handgun and pointed it in a downward direction, but not at Atkinson.
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When the woman refused, Thompson shot her with a Taser twice in the chest, Tappan told the station.
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After a scuffle between Scott and Slager, during which Slager allegedly tried to use his Taser, Scott flees.
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He was found with a knife, ax and a Taser in his possession, according to a police report.
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Police officials said the officer did not activate his body camera until after he fired the taser, Cincinnati.
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Hernandez had just been caught tagging a shuttered McDonald's; an officer shot a taser at the boy's chest.
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Taser still gets the bulk of its revenue from its weapons, which use electrical current to immobilize targets.
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So it makes sense that another company would try to make a better taser and challenge Axon's monopoly.
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Other top performers in the index included: Astronics, Boeing and Taser International, each gaining more than 1 percent.
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The case against Taser was dismissed in June; both sides declined to say whether there was a settlement.
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It's impossible to know precisely what role the Taser played in many of the deaths documented by Reuters.
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Taser keeps its own log of deadly incidents involving its signature stun guns, which it declined to share.
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After Mason's death, Taylor helped the American Civil Liberties Union lobby state legislators for restrictions on Taser use.
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The department's Taser use has dropped sharply, from 330 deployments a year in 2006 to 24 in 239.
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Taser itself has said its weapons can deliver a paralyzing charge even if both darts don't touch skin.
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Pettigrew apparently did not identify himself to authorities when asked, finally acquiescing after being threatened with a Taser.
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The intruder entered a victim's home in Iowa carrying a cell phone, a stolen gun and a Taser.
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McGuire told Gizmodo that the media has reported 18 deaths via non-lethal taser guns in Connecticut alone.
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Taser says 3,500 police agencies in the United States have purchased its Axon cameras as of March 2016.
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In April, the department faced protests following an incident where police fired a Taser at a black teen.
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It will track not only police shootings, but also deaths caused by taser, physical force, or vehicular crash.
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After he was arrested, Ingram allegedly told detectives he did not own a stun gun or a Taser.
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Officers allegedly pursued the man on foot and attempted to taser him "to no effect," the NYPD said.
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You can see the prongs hit Albert and you can hear taser fire -- Albert drops to the ground.
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Taser International Inc, which manufactures the devices, filed a brief asking the high court to hear the case.
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SCOTTSDALE, Arizona (Reuters) - The X26 was Taser International's third model and its No. 1 moneymaker for a decade.
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Then Tony takes his taser from his belt and shoots Anthony Harris in the chest at close range.
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A judge in the US District Court of Kansas hasn't yet found that Taser has violated anyone's patent.
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In the intervening hours Morgalo helped collect forensic evidence from the Taser discharge on site, court records show.
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Four hours later, the Miami Beach Police Department received an email from stun-gun manufacturer Taser International Inc.
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Michael Graham, president of the National Association of Medical Examiners in 2005, was approached by Taser in 2007.
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A Taser, sometimes called a stun gun, shoots barbs attached to wires that stick into a person's body.
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The person holding the Taser can deliver an electrical shock, which temporarily incapacitates the person who was shot.
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Yet Mr. Marlow expressed concern that Taser had achieved such dominance in the body camera industry so quickly.
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A second officer arrived and prepared to use a Taser against Mr. Olango, who continued to be uncooperative.
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The word caught on and eventually gave us the verb "tase," meaning to fire a Taser at someone.
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Facebook stopped short of forming a board focused on AI ethics, as Axon (formerly Taser) did last week.
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Taser cultivated chiefs and officers, treating them to junkets and conferences and hiring recently retired officials as consultants.
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" Of the stolen property, Dog said if he could get one item back, it would be Beth's "taser.
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The other officer, Lt. Matthew Lindsey, deployed his Taser and has not been placed on leave, Mathews said.
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Since the officers could not restrain Okobi, use of the Taser was the appropriate next step, Wagstaffe said.
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In rare cases, a Taser could have a "negative effect" on cardiac function, the company acknowledged in 2914.
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The officer with the Taser, Jesus Ramos, had stepped into the room to try to incapacitate Mr. Richards.
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The deputy, Robert Bates, 73, testified that he had meant to draw his Taser, rather than his gun.
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The man was not armed and nor had officers used Taser stun guns during the arrest, police said.
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Didn't come even remotely close, but the nice man with the taser escorted me to the ground. pic.twitter.
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In the video, it appears one officer behind the man was first to open fire with a taser.
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But he said the force now has a Taser policy based on guidelines from national law enforcement groups.
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The officer who shocked Wigginton, Vawter, hadn't been re-certified on the Taser in more than three years.
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Nearly a third of the U.S. population is at higher risk of death or injury from Taser shocks.
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Even CNBC's Jim Cramer was taken aback by the blowout quarterly earnings report from Taser maker Axon Enterprise.
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I founded and run a company called Axon, which manufactures less-lethal weaponry, including the TASER stun gun.
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In internal reports, Eing denied abusing the Taser, saying he aimed to prevent injury to staff and inmates.
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Per police records, McDowell and the officer wrestled -- with the cop hitting the NFL player with a taser.
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When the officer caught up with Galette, he used his taser to take down the 29-year-old.
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She described a cut visible on Slager's hand as "a glorified paper cut" that undoubtedly came from the Taser.
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The medical examiner cited the Taser shocks as one of a number of "significant conditions" present in Carter's death.
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Baumgartner said the officers mistook the taser for a gun and shot only after Nieto pointed it at them.
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A key witness for the defense, Evan Snow, testified that Nieto pointed his taser at him and his dog.
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Slager testified that when he attempted to use a Taser to subdue Scott, they ended up in a scuffle.
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Authorities used a Taser to take Brinkman into custody, Brunswick police Lt. Robert Safran told local TV station WJW.
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Commercial dronemaker DJI has made this a priority after announcing a partnership with body camera manufacturer Axon, formerly Taser.
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Sterling has said he did NOTHING to warrant cops using the taser and claimed the video would exonerate him.
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Axon, the company formerly known as Taser, is entering another controversial surveillance business: the automatic license plate reader industry.
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Sherman is curled in the fetal position, barefoot and at one point, apparently grabbed one of the deputy's taser.
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Mathews could not provide an answer except saying that it is possible Barnes was not equipped with a Taser.
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In response, one officer fired his gun at Olango, while a second officer simultaneously discharged his Taser, Davis said.
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It's entirely possible the police officers' use of a Taser is what escalated things in their encounter with Sterling.
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What separates Digital Ally from these other potential taser competitors is that it's already established in the police business.
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At $1,399.99 per unit, Axon's tasers are expensive, and they need new cartridges every time a taser is fired.
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"We did see those as potential uses of the device," Taser President Rick Smith said in a 2007 deposition.
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Cops found a black hood, taser, handcuffs a buck knife, security badge and a 5-gallon container of gasoline.
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"Taser was widely thought to be the favorite in this contract, but the competitor priced extremely aggressively," Dyer said.
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In 2017, Guyger escaped indictment for shooting a suspect who took her Taser from her, Dallas Morning News reported.
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Webster had become confused, angry and violent, and even bought a Taser gun to treat his own back pain.
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Ingram's son allegedly told detectives his father began using a Taser to discipline him more than a year ago.
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The incident made national headlines -- with cops saying they were forced to use a taser take him into custody.
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Webster, in his final years before his death, was zapping himself with a Taser gun to calm his nerves.
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This earns her a shock from Aunt Lydia's taser before she is dragged off, and her eye plucked out.
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The boy reportedly told police his mother later removed it, threatening to Taser him if he made a noise.
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More recent estimates put the number of people who died after being shocked with a Taser close to 1,000.
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Per BRPD: 'No Taser cameras were, at the time of the shooting, deployed and there are none deployed now.
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A wire connects the prongs in Brown's back to the Taser that remains in one of the officer's hands.
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"I've never seen a case where I could say that a Taser actually contributed to the death," he said.
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Thus Mercado could have had "no reasonable expectation" his Taser shot would prove fatal, medical examiner Shuman's autopsy said.
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Taser identifies at least 151 of those reviews – 20 percent – as being funded wholly or partly by the company.
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Nobody has a bigger say in deciding when a death is linked to a Taser than local medical examiners.
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Taser paid Mash around $24,353 for expert testimony in eight lawsuits filed from 2005 to 2009, court records show.
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Axon, formerly known as Taser, has launched a new "AI ethics board" to guide its use of artificial intelligence.
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Principal Kevin Murray can be seen helping to hold the student down as Shaulis uses a Taser on him.
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As officers pursued him, a uniformed sergeant "deployed a Taser, striking the suspect without apparent effect," Chief O'Neill said.
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Struggling to get Mr. Ocasio's hands behind his back, officers struck him with a baton and fired a Taser.
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Narcisse-Beckford went to the hospital because an officer used a Taser, it said, and he was medically cleared.
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"If you use the Taser, there are five-second cycles," said Anne Kirkpatrick, the department's chief of professional standards.
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In one case, the officers said, they used a Taser gun after a protester threw pepper in officers' faces.
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In order to look "tactical," Tom told me, the brothers wore black turtlenecks with " taser " sewn on the neck.
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Smith could not plausibly pitch the Taser as a replacement for a handgun to stop a homicidally violent suspect.
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Taser, which had released its first "point of view" camera in 2012, began to speak the language of reform.
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"Taser training and product safety warnings are strong and unambiguous," said Steve Tuttle, the company's vice president for communications.
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At least half those who died after Taser shocks last year fell into one or more of those categories.
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Reuters pictures showed armed police using the Taser stun gun on the man on the cobbled forecourt outside parliament.
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The video showed the trooper ordering her to stop recording, and threatening her with a Taser when she objected.
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I told them to get a gun, or bear spray or a Taser, and learn how to use it.
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Although he was unarmed, the police struck him with Taser guns multiple times soon after arriving at the scene.
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After Wheatcroft is handcuffed, an officer places the Taser between his shoulder blades and fires it again, it shows.
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Corey Feldman allegedly tried to bring a Taser on an airplane in New York ... and he almost got arrested.
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In that case, she shot a man in the stomach after he grabbed her Taser weapon during a confrontation.
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After removing the Taser prongs, Little utters an expletive and says, "He broke my skin," referencing the alleged bite.
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Tried to drag the Taser out of my hand, and then I just went on his f---ing head.
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The DA's report says Deputy Wang's Taser was fired seven times, and delivered a five-second charge three times.
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One tried to use a Taser on him, and a crowd of mostly white residents tried to shield him.
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Mr. Santana said he had heard the buzz of a Taser and watched Mr. Slager punch Mr. Scott's side.
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The former officer, Johannes Mehserle, testified that he had meant to use his Taser but drew his gun instead.
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Slager also appeared to drop an object by Scott's body; the officer claimed that Scott had taken his Taser.
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Instead we see that Slager shot Scott repeatedly and planted the Taser next to his body after the fact.
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A second officer entered the cell and yelled "Taser!" before shooting Mr. Riling in the torso with his gun.
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The officer said that the killing was an accident and that he had mistaken his firearm for his Taser.
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Officers blasted him twice with a Taser, shocking him with up to thousands of volts of electricity each time.
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"Officers should avoid using the Taser on obviously pregnant females and those individuals under the age of 7 or over the age of 70 due to the potential for these individuals to fall when incapacitated by a taser, unless the encounter rises to the level of a deadly force situation," the policy states.
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That just seemed to be constant, on and off, on and off taser, but he was on the floor already.
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A video posted on Snapchat showed the three teenagers, who were babysitting the girl, taunting the child with a Taser.
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Another stunned him four times in quick succession with a Taser, for a total of 22 seconds, court records show.
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Baumgartner also pointed to a timestamp on the taser, which showed that it was fired three times during the shooting.
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Paul took a short hiatus, before returning to taser a dead rat and perform mock CPR on a live fish.
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After the tussle, the cell phone video showed Scott running away with the Taser rolling on the ground behind Slager.
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Police said they were then forced to taser Ayers because even after falling, he refused to comply with officers' orders.
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They claimed the use of a taser was justified because she flailed her arms when they tried to arrest her.
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Overall, Axon revenues were up 51 percent year-over-year, while the Taser weapons segment revenues grew almost 20 percent.
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Moreover, since 2013 the number of times a Taser trigger was pulled has fallen, in both relative and absolute terms.
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That means Taser has to spend money to sign up customers, while revenue follows over the length of the contract.
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One of the officers fired his Taser at him, while Shelby fired her gun after, killing the father of four.
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"Please hurry … he's got a taser," the woman whispered to a dispatcher in the 911 call obtained by the Dispatch.
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Digital Ally hasn't gone into production on its new taser, and its executives wouldn't tell me when they plan to.
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A Taser is then used on Miller, who is on his knees, and he falls face first to the ground.
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Taser International, which acquired the stun-gun technology in the 1990s, changed its name in April to Axon Enterprise Inc.
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Turner later told investigators he was unaware Williams was having a seizure and readied his Taser because Williams was combative.
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The police department is investigating and will examine why the sergeant did not use a Taser instead of opening fire.
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She started out as a terrible, judgmental person and became... pretty much the same, except now she has a taser.
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However, there have been few if any criminal murder convictions of an officer stemming directly from misuse of a Taser.
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Taser chief executive Rick Smith called the innovation "lock up" – and promoted it as the key to ensuring officer safety.
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Taser, which now does business as Axon Enterprise Inc, no longer sells the X26 in the United States and Canada.
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Taser-sponsored events have featured keynote speeches from police chiefs representing New Orleans, London (UK), San Leandro, Rialto, and elsewhere.
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SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, Sept 21 (Reuters) - The X26 was Taser International's third model and its No. 1 moneymaker for a decade.
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Taser, which recently changed its name to Axon Enterprise Inc, said there was no reason to recall the stun gun.
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" It goes on: Taser use should be evaluated "like any other use of force, on a case-by-case basis….
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So could large police departments in Chicago, Baltimore, and Minneapolis, among other cities, where Taser has already sold body cameras.
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Taser has sent coroners and investigators packages of 80 to 100 studies, many funded by the company, court documents show.
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Within seconds, Officer Jorge Mercado caught up with him, drew his Taser and fired a single shot to the chest.
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It did not mention Mash had been paid by Taser to testify on its behalf in lawsuits against the company.
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I also had "green" instead of GRASSY and "camellia" for GARDENIA, and I had never heard of an AIR TASER.
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Mr. Sherman was stunned again, and then he appeared to wrestle away control of the Taser despite still being handcuffed.
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When the Taser prongs stayed embedded in Trammell's body, multiple jolts could be delivered on the same shot, he said.
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" The witness told the court he could hear Slager tell Scott, "Let go of the Taser before I shoot you.
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One of those inmates, Ricky Deangelo Hinkle, 47, was shot with a Taser at the jail in Jefferson County, Ala.
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So while police won the case, the appeals court's limits on Taser use are now law in the five states.
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In other cases, chiefs who have bought Taser products have joined the company as consultants shortly after leaving public service.
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Taser defended its sales tactics, saying they were commonplace, and said that many police departments were familiar with the company.
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The U.N. report said detainees were tortured with Taser guns, barbed wire, beatings with fists and tubes and attempted strangulation.
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After the suspect stood up, the other officer used his Taser, and Narcisse-Beckford fell down, according to the affidavit.
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On the roof, two muscular men, Axon Taser trainers, dragged a pair of blue gymnastics mats to an open area.
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No officer certified to carry a Taser "can legitimately claim a lack of awareness or knowledge of risks," he said.
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During the arrest, Mr. Rush was shocked with a Taser, choked and beaten by Officer Hickman, according to police records.
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Meanwhile, taxpayers, who foot the bill for police misconduct, have paid out more than $172 million in taser-related lawsuits.
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The officer ended up firing his taser at the 65-year-old woman and ultimately handcuffed her on the ground.
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The investigators "determined Officer Brown's deployment of a Taser was not reasonably necessary to apprehend Ms. Gowdy," the review said.
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That night, two officers trailed the teenager at a distance and asked dispatchers to send an officer with a Taser.
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The officers followed from a distance for several blocks and radioed for the help of a colleague with a Taser.
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The FTC said the deal allowed the maker of Taser stun guns and body camera systems to increase prices substantially.
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Lisa Taube, on the scene and admits to using the taser to punch the man in the face several times.
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Feeling threatened after seeing his colleague knocked out, Schneider used a Taser on Wheatcroft and called for backup, it says.
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When he refused to give it, they yanked him outside his gate and shot him with a Taser stun gun.
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Cloud revenue grew 42% year-over-year, to $34 million in Q3, and with higher gross margins than Taser sales.
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His drug use led to a run-in with the police during which they used a Taser to arrest him.
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We're told he had to buy some luggage to pack the Taser and check it, but he missed his flight.
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Of the 750 Taser-involved deaths in which Reuters obtained autopsy information, 245 involved people with pre-existing heart problems.
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" Ferbrache said she locks the doors on her van every night, carries a Taser, and also travels with "various weapons.
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Guyger was involved in another shooting incident in May 2017 when a suspect took her Taser, according to Dallas police.
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One of the men was carrying a taser, and when Lu attempted to resist, the man shocked him with it.
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A fourth Taser, labeled by the DA as only briefly effective, hits him and brings him to the ground again.
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They devised a plan to subdue Boyd using a Taser shotgun or by unleashing a K-9 dog on him.
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But Sandy, she said, had showed he was determined to shoot Boyd with a Taser shotgun before even seeing him.
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Sixty percent of the 80 Taser incidents involved people classified by the jail as intoxicated or mentally ill, Reuters found.
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In the audio, Slager gives Scott multiple warnings to "stop" and multiple warnings that he was going to fire his Taser.
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Mental patients Tasered Officers used a Taser against an unarmed, naked, 65-year-old-woman who had bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.
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He has been adding shares of Taser International Inc, which makes non-lethal weapons and body cameras used by police departments.
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The situations went from being routinely verbally attacked by strangers to nearly being kidnapped, and more recently, threatened with a Taser.
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Indeed, the Taser is more prevalent in the nation's 3,200 or so local and county jails, which hold about 20103,000 inmates.
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The U.S. Constitution offers protections for prisoners that can make use of the Taser difficult to justify, say corrections industry professionals.
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Slager said he couldn't remember all the details but recalled Scott wrestling away his Taser and briefly pointing it at him.
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A video presented to the jury did show a struggle, and the men were tangled on the ground with Taser wires.
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Savage has contended that Scott, who he alleged was under the influence of drugs, attacked his client and grabbed Slager's taser.
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Slager and his defense attorneys claimed that Scott tried to grab his Taser and that Slager was acting in self-defense.
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Whittaker gives the example of Axon (formerly Taser), which bought several AI companies to help build video analytics into its products.
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Cops say Mason was such a pain in the ass, they had to use the TASER to take him into custody.
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When he argued and ran away, they knocked him to the ground, used a Taser and punched him in the head.
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Prosecutors said Ferrell started to run because he was afraid for his life after another officer pointed a Taser at him.
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So there is good reason to make sure that the person using a taser to dispense justice is not trigger-fingered.
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In many of those cases the Taser was combined with other force, such as hand strikes, pepper spray or restraint holds.
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Taser International did more than $500 million in revenue from 2013 to 2015, and saw its annual profit rise each year.
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The deal's value of $1,300 per license is almost 70 percent less than what Taser has been awarded in similar contracts.
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The officer claimed he was forced to use his Taser on Hollins and handcuffed him while he was on the ground.
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Taser told Reuters its tests showed there were "no discernible differences" in the takedown abilities of the X226 and the X20153.
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However, there have been few if any criminal murder convictions of an officer stemming directly from the misuse of a Taser.
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A Taser spokesman said his company's cameras were not involved in the incident and an L-3 spokesman declined to comment.
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After a struggle during which Slager fired his taser at Scott, Scott again fled and Slager fired eight shots at Scott.
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After being hit by the taser, the Defendant stabbed himself in his own neck with a knife and was subsequently detained.
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Taser International would thus risk competing directly with gun manufacturers to provide police departments with weapons, threatening the company's business model.
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At the time the FDLE investigators compiled their report, they were unaware of Mash's relationship with Taser, a department spokeswoman said.
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That's what happened when the mother of David Glowczenski, 35, sued Taser and the village of Southampton, New York, in 2004.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One of the biggest commercial threats to Taser International's signature weapon could come from a lawsuit the company won.
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Best known for making Taser stun guns, it controls about three-quarters of the body camera business in the United States.
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Yet as Taser works to sell cameras and software to more departments, it is coming under fire for questionable business practices.
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Bessner had been cleared of misconduct related to his use of a Taser during a chase two months before Grimes's death.
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In 2014, for instance, he alone accounted for about 4 percent of Taser use by the police force in North Charleston.
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Taser disputed Vievu's claim to superiority, saying that the Police Department was taking a potentially dangerous bet on an unproven system.
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In some frames of the video, a long, silvery thread is barely perceptible: wire from the precursor of the modern Taser.
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For instance, DJI recently teamed up with Axon, the Taser and body cam manufacturer, to sell drone technology to police departments.
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But in February he took on a police officer and his Taser during a tense confrontation over an alleged traffic violation.
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According to performance logs obtained by News 5, it was the officer's second incident involving misuse of a taser this year.
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His cause of death was listed cardiac arrest following physical exertion, physical restraint and electro-muscular disruption from the Taser shocks.
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Courts have held that police departments, not Taser, are responsible for deciding how and when Tasers are used in the field.
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Logan Paul is dealing in death again -- this time it's a video of himself and a dead rat ... and a taser.
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Taser International Inc, the stun gun's manufacturer, said its weapons are almost never to blame when someone dies after being stunned.
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One officer shot a Taser at him and two others fired their handguns, striking the man multiple times, Mr. Gomez said.
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"You did not have to taser me," the woman says afterward, while sitting in the back seat of a police vehicle.
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After not responding to demands to drop the weapons, Mr. Trawick was shocked with a Taser stun gun, the police said.
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While the officers are chasing him -- they hit him with a taser ... but he pulls out the prongs and keeps going!!!
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A pathologist also found a Taser probe embedded in the back of his shorts, says the report, which was released Tuesday.
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Officer Lake used a Taser on Mr. Sterling, and Officer Salamoni tackled him, with Mr. Lake joining them on the ground.
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Douhne said her grandmother didn't understand what police wanted her to do, and police shouldn't have used a Taser on her.
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Officer Lopera became more insistent, approached Mr. Farmer, and ultimately discharged the Taser a total of seven times, Undersheriff McMahill said.
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The department also had no formal policy on Taser use, court records show, and its procedures manual never mentioned the weapon.
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After a state trooper fired a Taser at 63-year-old Damon Grimes, the teen crashed into a truck and died.
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An officer used a Taser on Mr. Mendez after repeatedly ordering him to drop the razor blade, according to court documents.
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He was subdued by nearby officers with a taser at first ... but was then reportedly shot when that didn't stop him.
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Gonsalves, a 21-year veteran of the force, fired four rounds, striking Olango fatally, as simultaneously the second officer fired his Taser.
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Officers used a Taser in probe and drive-stun mode against an unarmed suicidal man who pulled away from the responding officers.
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Three teenagers were arrested on Monday after Snapchat videos showed them taunting a one-year-old girl they babysitting with a Taser.
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Taser reshaped its message for prison administrators, hired new staff and sent representatives to corrections trade shows, the company's regulatory filings show.
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In another, guards are seen piling onto an inmate, holding him down and throwing punches – and then shocking him with a Taser.
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Hopkins then pulled out a taser that he brought with him and tased Deyo multiple times in the arm, back, and neck.
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The company formerly known as Taser announced last week it's offering free body cameras to every police officer in the United States.
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The article, which seems to have been taken down, referenced a handcuffed teen whose face was injured after police used a Taser.
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Officers saw the alleged suspect and victim in a physical altercation and used a taser to take him into custody, Lee said.
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He allegedly used a taser on the woman multiple times, held her at gunpoint and sexually assaulted her, the Star-News said.
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The man headed towards the airport terminal as he faced two officers -- one holding a gun and the other wielding a Taser.
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The driver allegedly refused to drop the weapon, prompting police to taser him and arrest him, officers said during the news conference.
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Riot police officers armed with Taser guns turn out in force each time housing lists are announced and relocations are carried out.
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But Chief Executive Officer Rick Smith said the Taser brand name can be "polarizing" because of its association with the company's weapons.
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BST and "a Taser was discharged by one of the arresting officers," and that terrorism was a possibility that was being explored.
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Whether officers decide to use a Taser or other force to subdue someone, their split-second decisions will definitely be closely scrutinized.
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One officer, identified as Tyler Turnbough, used his Taser on Crutcher, Tulsa police said, adding Shelby, fired her gun at the man.
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Still: YouTubeOn Wednesday, stun gun maker Taser announced that it's offering free body cameras to every police department in the United States.
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Ever since 2003, when one of the two companies making tasers bought out the other, there has effectively been a taser monopoly.
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Tweety and Riddick both say Dozier never touched his Taser, which he might have used to subdue Meat-Meat without killing him.
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Mods look like a cross between an oboe and a taser and are where much of the vaping community focus their energy.
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After a tussle in which Slager stunned Scott with a Taser, the officer fired eight shots, five of which struck Scott, 50.
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The report emphasizes that Taser remains the dominant force in the domestic body-worn video market and is increasing its international reach.
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"I go to assist by grabbing on to the male at the exact same time Maloney deployed his taser," Ross told Gizmodo.
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Slager initially said he feared for his life because Scott had grabbed his Taser -- but the plea agreement contains no such claim.
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He ended up at a grassy lot, where Slager caught up to him and tried to use a Taser to stop him.
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The officer said he had to use a Taser on Hollins and put handcuffs on him while he was on the ground.
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Taylor contends Taser hid the power reduction in order to persuade police to swap their old X22 models for the new X2.
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Taser International is in late stages of securing a body camera contract with New York City's immense police department, According to CNBC.
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"For the first time ever, our Axon bookings of $52 million surpassed our TASER Weapons segment revenue of $46 million," he said.
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As indications of cardiac risk emerged in its own studies, Taser took months or years to disclose details and issue relevant warnings.
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On the law enforcement side, the company Taser International plans to build police body cameras that use facial recognition to nab suspects.
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While taser training is effective in preventing women from having sex, it also fosters a negative bond between you and your woman.
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SCOTTSDALE, Arizona (Reuters) - Taser International persuaded police departments to buy its electrified weapons by touting internal research attesting to the devices' safety.
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On its website, Taser posts an index of 745 studies, articles, presentations, letters and other published material on its stun guns' safety.
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In 2016, he earned $267,000 from Taser, the company's annual report shows, and owned about $1 million in company stock in March.
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Ill-fated brand extensions like the Auto Taser, a device that electrified steering wheels to prevent car theft, nearly bankrupted the company.
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Taser said Vievu has not shown how it will deliver on the terms of its bid, which came in lower than Taser's.
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Nonetheless, in 2009, Taser added charge metering to the X26, and consented to begin warning cops against shooting people in the chest.
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Terney chased and used a Taser on the person -- but he was able to scramble through a wooded area into a pasture.
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Wilson had previously played the cell phone video that showed Scott running away with the Taser rolling on the ground behind Slager.
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Wilson, in her closing, said Slager never rolled Scott's body over to find the Taser because he knew where to find it.
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Three out of every four people on whom Chicago police officers tried to use Taser guns between 2012 and 2015 were black.
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As Sanchez approached the officers, Mathews said, both discharged their weapons -- Barnes, his gun, and Lindsey, his taser -- at the same time.
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One of the officers, Tyler Turnbough, who used a Taser against Crutcher, testified he heard Shelby give multiple commands that Crutcher ignored.
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After Everette Howard's death, Officer Haas, who was cleared of any wrongdoing, expressed disbelief that the teen died after the Taser shot.
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The claims against Taser International began as a trickle, going from zero in 2003 to six in 2004, reaching 19 in 2008.
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At the end of 2006, Taser International posted a $4 million loss, its stock down about 75 percent from its 2004 high.
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Axon said it offers police departments "the latest public-safety best practices and training" for Taser use, including warnings about vulnerable populations.
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Then after the Taser was shot into Mr. Brown's back, [the officer] proceeded to stomp on Mr. Brown's leg with both feet.
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Axon (formerly known as Taser International) has sold more than 19983,000 police cameras worldwide and cites the Rialto study on its website.
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Axon (formerly known as Taser International) has sold more than 300,000 police cameras worldwide and cites the Rialto study on its website.
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Cops used the taser to incapacitate Mason and later charged him with resisting arrest without violence, reckless driving, weed possession and more.
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Captain Mathews said the police did not know yet why one officer pulled out his Taser while the other had his handgun.
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Amid the scuffle, Schneider's bodycam captures the officer pulling down Wheatcroft's shorts, placing the Taser between his exposed upper thighs and firing.
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He said he saw the success of the Taser as proof there was an appetite for more non-lethal tools in policing.
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He said he saw the success of the Taser as proof there was an appetite for more non-lethal tools in policing.
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The chase ended when another officer caught up to Mr. Suazo and pointed his Taser at him before taking him into custody.
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Lake twice uses a Taser on Sterling, then Salamoni rushes Sterling and the video gets erratic as they go to the ground.
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Tamara Downen sued the state-run nursing home and city police, alleging unsafe practices and improper Taser use in her grandfather's death.
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One of the officers deployed his Taser, and Maynard revealed a lawnmower blade that he had hidden behind his back, Ayers said.
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When he arrived at the foothills, Sandy put on a plated vest and slung a rifle and Taser shotgun over his shoulders.
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Then, amid an uproar in the courtroom, U.S. marshals tackled the attorney for the group's leader and used a Taser on him.
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Things escalated and officers ended up firing a Taser into his back, which they say he ripped out and fled into the woods.
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Shares of Taser International popped 2 percent after announcing a deal with the Louisiana State Police, which includes more than 4003,500 body cameras.
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In its own internal reviews, the sheriff's office found no wrongdoing by guards and said the Taser use did not constitute excessive force.
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Without that video Slager's initial story of fearing for his life because Scott had taken the officer's Taser would have certainly been believed.
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Seven months later, authorities revealed it was, indeed, the taser that ended his life—it wasn't, as police had proclaimed, due to drugs.
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Protesters began to clash with federal agents in heated exchanges and Bundy's son Ammon was hit with a taser after kicking a dog.
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A 19-year-old man was arrested at 10:39 local time after an officer discharged a Taser, according to the Metropolitan police.
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Officer Law shocked the patient with a Taser, to no apparent effect, and then Officer Ortega, fearing for their safety, shot Mr. Pean.
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A taser would thus be a new product offering for Digital Ally, rather than something to build an entire company around from scratch.
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Pioneered in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1988, the training emphasizes de-escalation strategies in lieu of using a Taser or other kinds of force.
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" The policy also notes that "an individual simply fleeing from an officer, absent additional justification, does not warrant the use of the TASER.
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With this new Taser for private citizens, it seems Taser's providing people with a tool to take the law into their own hands.
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Steven Dyer, a senior research analyst with Craig-Hallum Capital Group, blamed pricing for the NYPD's decision to select Vievu over Taser International.
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Taser, which recently changed its name to Axon Enterprise Inc, said its weapons are the "the most thoroughly studied" law enforcement force option.
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According to reports, police fired a taser at one reveler, missing the man but raising concerns that the darts could have hit bystanders.
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Four officers later surrounded Narcisse-Beckford and there was a visible struggle before police used a Taser to subdue him, according to onlookers.
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Under that deal, Ho spends 21 or more hours a year on Taser-related work, according to court testimony from Ho in 235.
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Taser wanted to educate medical examiners about the physiological effects of its weapons and rebut criticism running "contrary to the science," Graham said.
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For more than a decade, Taser has defended its signature weapon by leveraging close ties with police and other professionals, court records show.
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And it cultivates ties with medical examiners, the professionals who decide whether or not a Taser shock is to blame in a fatality.
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He was stunned numerous times with Taser guns carried by two sheriff's deputies, while handcuffed in the back seat of a rental car.
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Last quarter, for the first time, Taser booked more sales for body cameras and related software than it did for its stun guns.
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"The whole world wants to know what the heck happened in the moments leading up to that shooting," said Mr. Smith of Taser.
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"The fact that a lot of police departments are familiar with Taser has created an inclination to go with them," said Mr. Marlow.
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In other cases, cities have skipped traditional steps like competitive bidding and city council approval, and awarded contracts to Taser with little oversight.
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Police video shows officers shock Bearheels repeatedly with a Taser, drag him by his belt and ponytail, and punch him in the head.
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One of the flight attendants had a taser, but had no clue how to use it ... at least that's how Daisy saw it.
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Lawyers for Bates said he thought he had a Taser rather than a gun in his hand when he fired at Harris, 44.
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Under the proposed new policy, "an officer will only be able to use a Taser when faced with direct physical confrontation," she said.
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In the video, Officer Hickman can be seen shocking Mr. Rush with a Taser and punching him in the face with closed fists.
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My Nigerian friend's brother died after being hit with a Taser during a struggle with California police, yet I would still vacation there.
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The measure, which the lower house of Parliament will vote on later in the month, would also give Taser guns to more police.
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As Crutcher nears his vehicle with his hands still up, he is surrounded by officers, stunned with a Taser, and then fatally shot.
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Ohio law does not offer guidance to officers on Taser use, said Jill Del Greco, a spokeswoman for the Ohio attorney general's office.
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According to our law enforcement sources, Ronnie still would not go peacefully ... so officers had to use a taser to take him down.
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As Nix and Cosgrove fled, the homeowner fired his Taser at Nix and struck him in the back, according to the police report.
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Just as Little deploys his Taser for the first time, Blount appears to smash Ward's head into the top of the car door.
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The police charged Mr. Carlson with felony obstruction and misdemeanor theft, saying that he took an officer's Taser — an allegation his lawyers denied.
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Later in the video, Mr. Slager is seen dropping an item, which Ms. Wilson identified as the officer's Taser device, near Mr. Scott.
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Particularly vexing for police is the difficulty of determining which potential Taser targets belong to population cohorts deemed to be at increased risk.
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In the spring, an oversight agency for the New York Police Department circulated a draft report on the use of Taser stun guns.
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When he did not stop immediately, an officer in the passenger seat of the patrol car pulled out his Taser and stunned Damon.
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While holding his service weapon in his right hand, the second officer yells "Taser" and shoots Riling in the stomach, the video shows.
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Minutes before the shooting, a police dispatcher had put a call out on the radio for assistance from an available unit with Taser.
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He was accused April 22 of battering his girlfriend, strangling her and threatening her with a Taser, the release said, citing the prosecutor.
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As the teen walked away from officers, a group slowly began to follow him and were waiting for a Taser unit to arrive.
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But, he added, the question remains: "Why do you say 'Taser' and then use your right hand to shoot somebody with a gun?"
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Since 2000, at least 104 prisoners died after a corrections officer used a Taser on them, according to a multipart investigation by Reuters.
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According to a study by Amnesty International, there were more than 500 Taser-related deaths in the United States between 2001 and 2012.
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Taser Debuts Orwellian New Name, Offers Free Body Cams for Every Cop in America On Wednesday, stun gun maker Taser announced that it's offering free body cameras to every police…Read more ReadHarlan Yu is a principal researcher for Upturn, a tech policy nonprofit that produced the Body Worn Camera scorecard—a 2016 report rating body camera policies for different police departments.
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Analysis from the Intercept and a 2017 "Law Enforcement Technology Report" by Taser suggest that the reality might be more complicated — and considerably creepier.
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" The struggle continued, and according to Baytown police, the woman "was able to gain control of the Taser and used it on the officer.
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Officers used a Taser "to subdue a mental who ignored verbal commands" because he was believed to be a danger to himself and others.
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The company also developed a special accessory for corrections: a patented lanyard that deactivated the Taser if a prisoner wrestled it from a guard.
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Pointer argued that Nieto did not aim the taser at officers because the 28-year-old's hands were in his pockets, citing witness testimony.
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A police officer shot and killed a 45-year-old black woman Monday night in Baytown, Texas, after a struggle over the officer's Taser.
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Bates, claimed he meant to use his Taser stun gun, not his revolver, on Harris, who had been tackled to the ground by officers.
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He told one person present, Laketa Wanamaker, that someone was going to jail, and used his Taser on her multiple times, the suit said.
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The official police report stated that Slager feared for his life as Scott overpowered him in a fight for control over Slager's police Taser.
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Deputies used pepper spray and a Taser to take Mouhib into custody and, when they checked the rest of the house, found her son.
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In November, Taser won a bid to outfit London's metropolitan police force with about 22,000 body-worn cameras over a period of three years.
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The later scenes descend into wacky yet maudlin action-comedy territory — a major plot beat involves an autonomous rat drone that's also a taser.
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Her mother, Donna Gowdy, said that her daughter's back still hurts from the taser and that she shivers at night when trying to sleep.
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The guidelines advise officers to consider the severity of the crime and the risk posed to others by the suspect before using the taser.
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He told Mashable in a phone call Thursday afternoon that he's seen people get maced, shocked with a Taser and hit with rubber bullets.
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Taser International (TASR) exceeded estimates with quarterly profit of 7 cents per share, while the maker of law enforcement equipment also beat on revenue.
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I have a tactical knife and a taser in my car next to me, but I thought about that dollar to give him first.
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Attorneys for Scott's family have argued the video shows Slager trying to plant evidence at the scene, moving a Taser closer to Scott's body.
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I decided to carry a taser and a baseball bat with me at all times after that but, of course, nothing ever happened again.
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The Taser – a weapon nearly universally embraced since the early 2000s as an alternative to firearms – is widely seen as crucial to safer policing.
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Authorities there have responded by deploying law enforcement officers in riot gear who have wielded pepper spray, and fired bean bags and Taser guns.
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A movie that is increasingly topical, this doc from director Nick Berardini examines the use of the Taser stun gun by US police departments.
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The store's owner, Abdul Muflahi, told WAFB-TV that the first officer used a Taser on Sterling and the second officer tackled the man.
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The 19-year-old suspect was apparently struck by a police Taser and is now in custody after the attack in London's Russell Square.
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" In 2017, Reuters identified more than 1,000 deaths that resulted after police used Taser products, though "typically in combination with other types of force.
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"There has never been a case with a Taser, in stun gun mode, that has caused a death," said Weems' defense attorney, William McKenney.
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Taser cornered the market on police stun guns by supercharging its weapons so that they didn't just cause pain; they induced incapacitating muscle contractions.
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You might be thinking, if they wrestled the victim to the ground, they probably took a nightstick and a Taser to the suspect, McGraw.
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Therefore, officers who were trained to ready a baton, Taser, OC spray, or firearm as a precautionary measure started to second guess this tactic.
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But after learning that police falsely claimed Scott was shot after he reached for the officer's Taser, Santana gave the video to Scott's family.
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Webster's son said his father took Ritalin to control his mood swings, and was shocking himself with a Taser gun to calm his nerves.
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SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Taser International persuaded police departments to buy its electrified weapons by touting internal research attesting to the devices' safety.
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For instance, Taser waited a decade to disclose that a test dog suffered a potentially fatal heart disruption in one of its early tests.
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With the backlash from his taser rat video recently -- not to mention his suicide forest disaster -- his YouTube money and projects have been stalled.
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After running out of ideas for a nonviolent way to quietly restrain her, it was eventually decided Gooch would be neutralized with a Taser.
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To try to stop him, one of the deputies took out a Taser gun and pointed it at him, telling him to stop moving.
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The district attorney's report said Tasers were "cycled or discharged 15 times," with an electrical charge delivered in at least half the Taser deployments.
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Taser cameras have captured thousands of altercations between the police and the public and several controversial police shootings, including ones in Albuquerque and Cincinnati.
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Officials criticized the sergeant for not waiting for specialized officers from the Emergency Service Unit to arrive or for not using his Taser instead.
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A 58-year-old man, who was in the deputies' custody in July, died after he was stunned with a Taser, authorities have said.
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Steve Ward, the founder of VieVu, a former Seattle SWAT officer, had been an employee at Taser and a close friend of Rick Smith's.
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The Smiths believed that the Taser would always be perceived as a silly gadget unless, like the Maglite, it was endorsed by law enforcement.
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But, watching the demonstration, I thought about the fact that the safest way to use a Taser is to shoot someone in the back.
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Still, the school's principal, who was present for the incident, said that it violated the school's taser policy and alarmed people in the room.
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Peer-reviewed animal studies published in 22012 and later replicated found a Taser discharge to the chest could disrupt the heartbeat, potentially causing death.
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By 2013, the warnings included a bold-faced alert that Taser discharges could, in rare cases, "capture" the heartbeat, potentially leading to cardiac arrest.
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Taser was dropped from the case after Michael Brave, the company's national litigation counsel, provided the plaintiffs with a 10-page affidavit in 2015.
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Chinedu Okobi died after police used a Taser to subdue him in a confrontation they blamed on his refusal to stop walking in traffic.
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Bypassing Taser International, the industry leader, the department selected Vievu, L.L.C., a company based in Seattle, despite questions about its performance in other cities.
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While people continued to scream, the first officer fired his Taser at Mr. Sanchez, while the second fired his handgun, the police said. Capt.
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In a statement on Monday, the police added that the officers had used a Taser on Mr. Maynard, but it failed to stop him.
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The officers did not have Taser stun guns, weapons that the Police Department has provided additional officers with recently as alternatives to their firearms.
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When he did not immediately do so, the officer in the passenger seat of the patrol car pulled out his Taser and stunned Damon.
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The deputy, 74-year-old Robert Bates, said he intended to use his Taser instead of his gun when he shot Eric Courtney Harris.
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She was involved in a shooting last year, when she shot and injured a suspect after he grabbed a police Taser during a confrontation.
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They include Punjabi politician Salman Taser, who stood up for Ms. Bibi in 2011, only to be assassinated for that by his own bodyguard.
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After he did, according to the report, the homeowner reached through the door and struck Mr. Nix with a Taser near his left armpit.
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The Taser pointed at Etheridge and unholstered firearm should have been indication of what wanted Al-Bishara to do, according to the police chief.
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Guyger was involved in another shooting incident in May 2017, when a suspect took her taser, according to a Dallas Police Department news release.
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Sources close to "The Goonies" star tell TMZ ... Corey was detained Thursday at LaGuardia Airport, after going through a security checkpoint with a Taser.
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In 2016, he was reprimanded for using excessive force after stunning a man five times with a Taser during an arrest, the newspaper reported.
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Taser guidelines advise officers to avoid "repeated, prolonged or continuous" shocks, noting that safety testing typically involved no more than 15 seconds of exposure.
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Rasche, chief since last January, said he had ordered his 42 officers to undergo a six-hour Taser re-certification class before the death.
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Michigan State Police allows its officers to use Taser stun guns to overcome resistance to an arrest, or to keep a prisoner in custody.
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He stammered and clutched his belt, as no doubt he did at the mall, one hand on his Taser, one on his Mace can.
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Gleason asked when Van Dyke got out of his squad car, he could have called and asked where the officer with the Taser was.
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Okobi flails on the ground as deputies repeatedly tell him to get on his stomach and hit him once more with the Taser prongs.
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In its Twitter message, the union said officers used a Taser stun gun to subdue Mr. Bates, who ripped the prongs from his body.
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The officers attempt to pull a 1-year-old child from her arms, and at one point an officer appears to display a taser.
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Turner feared he would get "entangled in a wrestling match" or be kicked if he didn't use the Taser, he testified in court documents.
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Jurors said they faulted Van Dyke for escalating the incident when he could have waited for an officer with a non-lethal Taser weapon.
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Franklin was stunned five times with a Taser in the initial struggle to pull him from the cell, briefly losing consciousness as he was restrained.
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Once McDowel's on the ground, the officer instructs him to get on his stomach, but the NFL player refuses ... so the cop deploys his taser.
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Taser sales still make up most of Axon's revenue — three quarters of it in 2016 — but body camera products nearly doubled in revenue last year.
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On the day the volunteer reserve sheriff's deputy shot and killed Eric Courtney Harris, Bates grabbed his gun when he meant to grab his Taser.
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The Axon Signal purchase is part of a five-year contract between Axon and Minneapolis PD that includes both body camera equipment and Taser weapons.
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Axon, which, along with the Taser, has produced surveillance tools like body cams, will likely have its ALPR tool closely monitored by civil rights groups.
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And according to the account offered by the owner of the store outside which the encounter took place, officers first used a Taser on Sterling.
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Police say Torres-Morales first allegedly told detectives the children had gotten a hold of his taser gun and started using it on each other.
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Against that curtain of uncertainty, Taser International has insisted for years that its weapons are almost never to blame when someone dies after being stunned.
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That's in part because of ethical constraints on scientists, said Jena Neuscheler, co-author of a Taser study by the Stanford University Criminal Justice Center.
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The video showed the Taser on a dirt path where the two men scuffled but ended without showing how it got closer to the body.
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The wardens also want more money for a job they say is becoming increasingly dangerous and equipment such as taser guns to help ensure order.
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A 49-year-old man died after NYPD officers shot him twice with a Taser during an altercation Wednesday evening, the New York Daily Newsreports.
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"The flight attendant considered the safety of the other passengers and decided to restrain the passenger with ropes (rather than a Taser)," the statement said.
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Villere specifically likes 2U, a "disruptive online education company" and Taser, which he thinks is going to do quite well with its body camera business.
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Lancaster police said the stun gun, widely referred to as a Taser due to its brand name, was used because Williams failed to follow instructions.
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Taser 60 allows police customers to buy electroshock weapons over five years for $22 to $36 a month, including a range of accessories and training.
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In August, a Reuters investigation reported that, over two decades, U.S. medical examiners have attributed more than 150 deaths to Taser weapons used by police.
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In September, Reuters reported the company had stopped selling its most popular and most powerful Taser, the X26, amid a raft of wrongful death lawsuits.
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Harris was caught after a brief chase but continued to struggle when volunteer reserve sheriff Robert Bates shot Harris, mistaking his gun for his taser.
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Though "less-lethal" weapons like those made by TASER are popular with police departments, they have had more trouble making inroads in the consumer sector.
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While Taser will remain one of the company's trademark products, the company attributed its name and ticker change to changing times and a burgeoning business.
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Within about 30 seconds of the officers being notified that Armstrong's commitment orders had gone through, an officer shocked him five times with a Taser.
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According to Truzy, the lawyer said Taser would file a friend of the court brief supporting Truzy's appeal for rehearing at the Fourth Circuit level.
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They're waiting to learn whether a police officer will be indicted on a charge of repeatedly firing a Taser gun at an unarmed black man.
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Reuters found 72 more research documents on the list in which at least one author had been paid by Taser as an employee or consultant.
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Based on 30,000 pages of internal records, the report describes allegations of physical and verbal abuse towards minors, including excessive Taser use and sexual assault.
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Taser, the company that's sold electroshock weapons to some 18,000 law enforcement organizations all over the world for years, has made its smallest weapon ever.
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Both videos show two officers confronting Olango in the restaurant's parking lot before opening fire, one with a gun and the other with a Taser.
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Mr. Crutcher reached into the driver's side front window, the investigator wrote, and then the officer fired his Taser and Officer Shelby fired her gun.
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They accused Slager of altering the crime scene by moving the Taser closer to the handcuffed body so he could claim Scott had taken it.
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It came in a lawsuit in which Taser was dismissed as a defendant, stemming from an incident on April 2000, 2011, in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
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Of the 442 Taser-related wrongful death lawsuits examined by Reuters, 34 percent involved allegations the person being shocked, like Armstrong, suffered from mental illness.
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The company began selling video recorders that worked with Taser weapons in 2006, and it introduced its first body camera, the Axon Pro, in 2009.
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More recently, in 2008, an officer with the elite Emergency Services Unit fired a Taser at an emotionally disturbed man on a ledge in Brooklyn.
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He was trying to solve a problem, mostly by himself, that teams of professional engineers at Taser and its rivals have yet to fully crack.
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During the chase, Bessner allegedly fired a Taser at Grimes while the ATV was moving at 35 to 40 mph, according to the prosecutor's statement.
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A policeman armed with a Taser and the look of someone who had just had a good nap ruined eventually broke up the latter fight.
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In an encounter with the patient, the officers stunned him with a Taser and shot him in the chest, the bullet nearly missing his heart.
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The Free Press also reported that before the encounter with Damon, Mr. Bessner had been reprimanded for violating procedures and disciplined for misusing a Taser.
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The video shows Chief Etheridge, who had his gun drawn, and Officer Marshall, who was holding his Taser, urging the woman to drop the knife.
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The officer, who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter, said that the killing was an accident and that he had mistaken his sidearm for his Taser.
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In that case, Guyger was attempting to identify a woman in a car when another passenger in the vehicle got out and took her taser.
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Foy -- miles away from her role in "The Crown" -- drops the tiara and picks up a taser as the latest Lisbeth Salander, the aforementioned hacker.
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In 2016, Officer Turner was reprimanded for using excessive force after stunning a man five times with a Taser during an arrest, the newspaper reported.
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Blount pulls Ward's head away from car before appearing to slam it into the top of the driver's door, just as Little deploys the Taser.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The maker of the Taser says the electroshock weapon is the safest tool on a police officer's belt – with a few caveats.
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And of the 159 cases in which coroners ruled the Taser shock caused or contributed to the death, 68, or 43 percent, involved cardiac conditions.
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Mr. Smith chased Mr. Gunn, used his Taser on him three times, struck him with a metal baton and fired seven bullets from his gun.
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Mr. Slager said that he was in "total fear" because of the possibility that Mr. Scott might seize the Taser and use it against him.
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In Scottsdale, Axon, the maker of the Taser, is hungrily snatching talent from Silicon Valley as it embraces automation to keep up with growing demand.
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There, officer Michael Slager claimed that Scott, a 50-year-old black man, had tried to steal a Taser and use it on the officer.
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Cops rushed in and tried to take Jaleel into custody -- but he allegedly resisted so cops busted out the taser and shocked him into submission.
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The task force said police used Taser stun guns on suspects in about the same proportions and that blacks were disproportionately subjected to traffic stops.
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A Taser in "drive stun" mode should have "very, very limited" use behind bars because it's designed to inflict pain rather than to incapacitate, Martin said.
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Taser makes technology to capture evidence, including body cameras and audio recorders and sells evidence management software to help police and prosecutors store and compile data.
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As we reported, Daisy Fuentes claimed the Korean Air flight attendant didn't know how to use a taser so she could not effectively subdue the man.
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Brewster told the jury that both the Taser and the gun were similar in weight, had the same look and feel and similar laser on them.
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And no matter how well trained the crew are at handling a taser, they were presumably not selected by the airline for their dead-eye abilities.
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Of 1,886 Taser discharges between 20133 and 2015, more than 1,400 blacks were shot with the devices, while only 254 Hispanics and 144 whites were Tased.
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Soon after arriving at Dinh's home, investigators allege he tied up the woman before raping her and using a taser on her, according to the statement.
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Police then forced open the door and used a Taser, bean-bag bullets and finally live bullets after Chamberlain approached an officer with the knife raised.
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Former English premier league striker Dalian Atkinson has died after police fired a high-voltage Taser stun-gun at him, according to media reports on Monday.
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Axon (formerly Taser) grows like a weed as it refocuses on body cams The advice they give is unequivocal: don't use it — now or perhaps ever.
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If the distance is too great, or if the darts don't connect with the target in just the right way, the taser is going to fail.
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As one officer stated, "Let's see how many tickets you're going to get," a second officer tapped his [Taser] on the roof of the man's car.
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But after witnesses told deputies what had occurred, Barnhill allegedly attempted to flee again before deputies subdued him using a Taser and took him into custody.
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The vibrations are not like a taser or anything intense, they're more similar to a cellphone vibration or an Apple Watch notification: not painful, just annoying.
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Shares of Taser International plunged 14 percent Monday after the New York Police Department announced last week it would award its body camera contract to Vievu.
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A Taser representative demonstrating the company's X26 model in England, 2007 (it is currently unclear which type of electroshock weapon was used in the Philadelphia incident).
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"We've been laser focused on winning the biggest agencies on to our platform," Taser CEO Rick Smith told analysts in the company's earnings call last week.
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In some cases, police chiefs have been put into the awkward position of having to explain to Taser salesfolk that accepting gifts is a no-no.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger made a clean getaway when his bodyguard got into a showdown -- that involved a taser -- with an alleged bicycle thief outside of Gold's Gym.
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The school's resource officer, who was already at the school preparing to teach a law enforcement class, used a Taser to subdue the suspect, Giles said.
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Axon, formerly known as Taser International, plans to release new body cameras in late September that start recording automatically the moment a gun leaves its holster.
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In marketing materials released early last decade, Taser described its initial research as using an approach comparable to what the U.S. Food and Drug Administration requires.
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I think you have to wait, I do prefer the stock of Taser, which was down today off of a little bit of negative press commentary.
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That's because when its darts impale flesh, the X26 delivers more electricity than any other Taser and almost twice that of the company's newer "smart" weapons.
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The police department in Cincinnati will reportedly investigate an officer's use of a Taser on an 11-year-old girl suspected of shoplifting from a supermarket.
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As a master instructor, Morgalo said, he had been told by Taser to notify the company and seek its guidance after a stun-gun-related death.
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"We feel that better training on this topic saves lives," CEO Smith said in 2007 court testimony, referring to Taser-sponsored police training on excited delirium.
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Here's why it matters: We live in a world where Taser is considering arming the police with a autonomous drone that can electrocute someone at-will.
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A lawsuit filed by Armstrong's estate in April 2013 accused the three officers of using excessive force and alleged Taser manufactured a defective and dangerous product.
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When two police officers fatally shot Alton B. Sterling in Baton Rouge, La., on July 5, they were wearing body cameras made by a Taser competitor.
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