Police TASER News & Articles

• PD receives state funds for equipment

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  The grant will be used to buy body armor and TASERs for the Oriskany Police Department

• Research analysis: Tazed and confused

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  A new study looks at the cognitive effects of electronic control vs. physical exertion and alcohol

• Axon offers free tools to help departments recruit and retain officers

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  Axon unveils the ‘I'm In’ Recruiting Campaign, which offers departments free marketing tools to help recruit and retain LEOs

• 5 ways cops can train to keep their less lethal skills sharp

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  Regular ongoing practice increases proficiency, muscle memory and performance under stress

• Campus officers in Ohio get TASERs back

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  For the first time in six years, University of Cincinnati PD officers will carry TASERs

• San Francisco officers to carry TASERs

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  The issue had been debated and rejected in the city for 13 years

• Will Axon Citizen take the chaos out of crowdsourcing?

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  Police agencies are increasingly relying on photos and videos captured by the public to solve cases. Axon’s new product is designed to streamline this process

• New court decision: Must de-escalation be tried first before force?

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  A three-judge appellate panel addressed issues of growing concern to street officers amid the current demands for de-escalation of force in complex encounters

• Vegas cop fatally shoots suspect armed with CO's TASER

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  The suspect told the dispatcher he was feeling suicidal and he was going to "blast it out with the police officers"

• Wash. K-9 helps deputy arrest would-be car thief

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  The suspect charged Deputy Bagby and tried to fight the deputy even after a TASER deployment

• Video: Cop's TASER, body cam knocked off in fight before fatal OIS

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  After the LEO drove the suspect to a homeless shelter, the suspect tried to take the officer’s car and attempted to grab his TASER

• Suspect flees, assaults two Pa. troopers following traffic stop

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  Scott Lauderbaugh provided troopers with a fake name and date of birth during a traffic stop

• Photo: Man steals bulldozer, crushes Ill. cop car

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  No one was injured, but the car was severely damaged

• Video shows man facing off with deputy before being apprehended by K-9, TASERed

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  As the deputy reached for his handcuffs and told Marlin Gipson to turn around and place his hands on his head, the man began to walk away

• Video: Man high on drugs cuts off own penis, charges at cop

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  The man can be seen in footage shouting at residents while he is bleeding profusely from his groin area before charging at a female officer

• After recent terror attacks, newly-recruited UK cops may receive TASERs

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  Currently, TASERs are only issued to officers with more than two years of experience

• Facebook post claims cops pushed man off bridge, video shows otherwise

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  Video shows the suspect fleeing across two lanes of traffic then jumping over a barrier and falling 19 feet

• Video: Citizen helps detain fleeing suspect fighting with deputy

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  Harry Marrison attempted to exit the vehicle multiple times, even after the deputy told him to stay inside

• Video: Angry woman assaults cops with TASER, pepper spray

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  Police were responding to a call of children smoking marijuana in a car when neighbors interfered

• Video: Suspect on top of stolen car gets TASERed after police pursuit

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  Witnesses said Jameson McCarthy walked into a tobacco store with a gun and demanded money before stealing a minivan

• Video: Man high on drugs fights police, rams head through window

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  Officers saw three other men lying on the ground behind a building overdosing on a drug called Serenity

• Video: Woman punches cop during stop, gets TASERed

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  Kristen Campbell said she threw the punch because she didn’t know who grabbed her

• Okla. chief defends cop after TASER threat sparks controversy, video released

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  The officer did not use the device during the confrontation that started over a parking ticket

• Video: Man high on PCP strangles puppies, fights cops

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  The TASER had no effect on James E. Jones and it took five officers to take him into custody

• Video: Escaped felon TASERed after resisting arrest, fighting cops

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  Two officers were injured in the altercation

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