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.
Less-lethal munitions can be minutes away from a critical scene, but this alternative is readily available to deploy within seconds
Increase officer safety and situational awareness with this tool
Police are seeing benefits after adopting this modern technology
Even as the capabilities of silicon-based simulators increase, our carbon-based simulators (a.k.a. trainers and role players), still need traditional “inert” training tools
Study by TASER International and Calif. PD shows video cameras worn by police officers have a deterrent effect on citizens initiating false and frivolous allegations of police misconduct
A family stuck in traffic caught the crazy ordeal on tape
He died of a self-inflicted gun wound, ending a 10-hour standoff
Police say the man threatened them with a beer bottle and didn’t obey their commands
To say that this has been a difficult year is an understatement of impossible proportion
Suspect faces up to 10 years in prison for his acknowledged role as a straw buyer
This article specifically addresses the Electronic Control Weapon capable of deploying probes/darts into a person from farther away than touch distance, causing involuntary muscular contractions/incapacitation
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You sort of have to forget everything you think you already know when you hear the word — uh, acronym — TASER
Recreational use of marijuana was legalized in Colorado and Washington state
Darrell Fuller said he fatally shot Officer Arthur Lopez as the cop approached him during a traffic stop Tuesday
New studies that have recently been released offer new insights into medical impacts
Officer made an arrest after responding to reports of a fight that had dispersed or never happened
Officers received multiple reports that a man was walking through the town of Chorley “armed with a samurai sword.”
Notes show officer received several threats
Suspect admitted to attacking because he was hungry and wanted pizza
You don’t want to put tax payers’ money in the pockets of people who break the law, do you?
Suspect had “an adverse reaction” to LSD he took during a St. Patrick’s Day celebration
The high court on Monday refused to hear an appeal from the parents of James Christopher Allen
If the $1 million settlement is approved, total costs associated with the incident could exceed $2 million
Adolescents stunned by a less-lethal device do not appear to be at higher risk for serious injury than adults
In some 1,200 instances of TASER use taken from police files, an independent research team found no evidence of cardiac complications resulting from CEW contact
Images the of ‘pepper-spray cop’ incident became a rallying point for the Occupy Wall Street movement
The policy also prohibits frontal shots, except in self-defense or to defend someone else
Beyond the pure comedic value of the smug activist being TASERed, we have got some really good topics for discussion
Current and former students who were pepper-sprayed during an Occupy demonstration filed suit
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