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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.

Police Training
Deadly force: Intent versus indifference
If the suspect stops doing whatever it is that caused the officer to act with deadly force, what difference should it make to the officer if the suspect survives that shooting?
July 19, 2012 12:55 PM
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Ed Flosi
Officer Safety
Bringing back ‘the carotid’
Using the Bilateral Vascular Restraint (BVR), it takes very little pressure to cause the desired result — compliance — in an otherwise noncompliant subject
July 17, 2012 01:16 PM
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Chuck Joyner
Staying sharp: An inside look at the TASER Training Academy
Keep your skills sharp at the TASER Training Academy Master Instructor Course — trainers, that means you, too
July 17, 2012 10:59 AM
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Ken Hardesty
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Wichita police pull out TASER 148 times in first week of use
March 30, 2006 12:34 PM
Amnesty International: 156 deaths in U.S. after TASER use by police
March 28, 2006 12:30 AM
“Coroners must be free to cite TASER use,” says CA paper
March 24, 2006 02:11 AM
Nonlethal force: What’s up?
March 21, 2006 06:41 AM
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Capt. Greg Meyer (ret.)
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Less Lethal
Impact projectiles: Shot placement in death and injury prevention
The single most critical aspect of safe and effective use of impact projectiles — shot placement — continues to be misunderstood by police trainers
March 21, 2006 05:12 AM
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Major Steve Ijames (ret.)
Tenn. police hand over TASER computer chip to FBI
March 07, 2006 06:04 AM
15 arrests at concert as 4 Calif. officers are hurt
March 06, 2006 12:36 PM
Chicago: Ask a police widow about the street sign idea
March 06, 2006 12:32 PM
Police subdue man who threatens himself with knife
March 02, 2006 12:10 PM
Calif. officers end standoff using beanbag round
February 27, 2006 05:28 AM
TASER’s 4Q earnings drop 98 percent on lower sales, higher expenses
February 22, 2006 06:11 AM
TASER company developing shocking shotgun shells
February 21, 2006 11:47 AM
Miss. corrections: Pepper spray didn’t work
February 09, 2006 06:12 AM
Size matters: Large caliber impact systems leave their marks in the field
January 30, 2006 08:30 AM
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Major Steve Ijames (ret.)
Texas prisoner killed by TASER deemed mentally unstable
January 16, 2006 06:12 AM
200 elite Austrian officers to get TASERs
January 04, 2006 03:52 AM
Jury rules TASER not liable for deputy’s injuries in first case to go to trial
December 22, 2005 11:52 AM
Impact Prose: Deep thoughts on a striking subject
December 21, 2005 08:43 AM
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Major Steve Ijames (ret.)
TASER says SEC ends probe, recommends no sanctions
December 13, 2005 04:50 AM
TASER executive asks why air marshals don’t have non-lethal choices
December 09, 2005 01:25 PM
Fla. man dies after being shocked by TASER stun gun
December 01, 2005 11:06 AM
First lawsuit against TASER goes to trial
November 30, 2005 01:02 PM
Personal chemical munitions: Are they gone with the electronic wind?
November 30, 2005 09:57 AM
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Major Steve Ijames (ret.)
Leaders call for reduced TASER use
November 28, 2005 08:58 AM
Suspects fight, N.C. police use TASERs
November 23, 2005 03:58 AM
Calif. police cleared in TASER death
November 22, 2005 11:22 AM
Jury finds S.C. elderly woman shot with stun guilty of misdemeanors
November 18, 2005 03:56 AM
Marchers protest inmate TASER death
November 13, 2005 10:47 AM
New reports stress TASER’s safety and effectiveness
November 12, 2005 12:14 AM
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Force Science
TASER to offer stun gun cameras
November 06, 2005 08:50 AM
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