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3 days ago · Palmetto police have been equipped with Tasers as non-lethal weapons since 2008. ... the most thorough accounting to date of fatal encounters involving the paralyzing stun guns. ...
3 days ago · B.C. has approved the use of an updated Taser weapon for police around the province to use as a less-lethal weapon. A statement from the Ministry of Public Safety says the Taser 7 offers the ...
3 days ago · VICTORIA — British Columbia has approved the use of an updated Taser weapon for officers around the province to use as a less-lethal weapon during police confrontations. A statement from the ...
3 days ago · THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Jacquelyn Martin. VICTORIA — British Columbia has approved the use of an updated Taser weapon for officers around the province to use as a less-lethal weapon during police ...
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1 day ago · The body camera video showed the officer energized the TASER just once. “In this context, we don’t need to accept as true any allegation blatantly contradicted by the video.” The court acknowledged TASER devices “make noises in both probe and drive-stun mode,” and that the court heard only the noise associated with a single discharge.
3 days ago · The court reasoned that while tasers may not always cause serious harm, they have that capability and are employed mainly to induce pain compliance. Conversely, in another ruling Tasers were deemed merely “self-defense devices,” not meeting the legal definition of a weapon when kept privately at home with no malicious intent.
5 days ago · Why don’t all cops just have stun guns? While tasers are definitely useful in many scenarios, they don’t always work – clothing thickness or missing the targets can prevent incapacitation. So cops still require firearms backup for genuinely threatening situations.