Less Lethal
The Less Lethal topic section covers the complex topic of nonlethal force using TASERs and other weapons by police officers, with the latest news, training and expert columns.
Brunswick Hills PD relies on this less-lethal tool to stay on the cutting edge of policing
Automated less-lethal technologies may relieve officers of their most difficult decisions
During testing, officers found the TASER 10 to be much more intuitive and easier to use than firearms or legacy TASERs
An internal review into an incident concluded that the officers were justified in using some level of force to stop a boy on a stolen bike but not Tasers
Prosecutors and police attorneys may find a new study useful in countering the assertion that a TASER “ride” messes with the mind to a unique and significant degree
On Monday, the Durham City Council is expected to go behind closed doors in a specially called meeting
Andrew Frey, 37, told police he didn’t recall the bizarre series of events because he’d used meth the day before
27-year-old Erasmo Garcia-Serna faces a felony charge of injuring a police animal and three misdemeanors
The ACLU and six other civil rights groups asked the state’s police commission to ban Tasers and pepper spray in Texas schools
The small department shares one police vehicle, the chief hopes this fundraiser will help to purchase two more
A woman used a stun gun on another after an all-out brawl inside of the Franklin Mills Mall in Northeast Philadelphia
The chief is holding the event to raise money to purchase a new cruiser
The crazed man stood atop a car with gardening shears threatening the officers and K-9
The man took knives from a display rack and refused to drop them, despite police trying to talk him down
The suspect crashed his vehicle, fled, and threatened witnesses if they notified police
The husband was charged with felony possession of an electronic weapon
The man refused to drop his cigarette and continued to smoke it as police pleaded with him not to resist
The officers feared the father would become another casualty of the house fire; the home was too hot for firefighters to enter
The suspect was TASERed and eventually taken into custody by police
Police later arrived and used a TASER to subdue to the rowdy man
