Portland Police are using their Tasers almost twice 26 percent more against people with mental illness as they were in 2006 according to a new report. A use of force report released by the city in ...
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Police criticised for using tasers on people in inappropriate and unnecessary situations
It was a routine so familiar to Stephen he could do it on autopilot: check the shed was locked, the gates were shut, and the sprinklers were running before leaving the farm for the day. This night was ...
In Albany, also in 2015, local police adopted new rules for Taser use restricting officers from using stun guns on the elderly, pregnant women and people who are handcuffed after Donald "Dontay" Ivy, ...
A 32-year-old man died after Austin police used a Taser during an attempted detention outside a North Austin home.
Also known as stun guns, Tasers shoot prongs that deliver a 50,000-volt jolt that can temporarily disable a person. Tasers are designed to offer a non-lethal, or at least less lethal, option for ...
SARANAC LAKE – Village police used a taser on a local man after he allegedly refused to come out from his hiding spot when they came looking for him on a probation check this past weekend. The ...
A cardiologist’s recently issued study that reports Tasers or electronic stun guns can cause cardiac arrest and death has sparked controversy between law enforcement agencies and opponents. The ...
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. - It was late on a Sunday in May 2014 when Officer Michael T. Slager of the North Charleston Police Department stood outside an apartment and faced off with a man whose fists, ...
Police chief seeks to fire Officer Timothy Toczko, who was suspended earlier this month following an internal investigation.
Fairfield police say they were forced to use a Taser on an 80-year-old dementia patient. Police were called around 4:30 p.m. Saturday to a report of a man with Alzheimer’s disease who was trying to ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A screen grab from an Austin Police body camera shows a deployed Taser at 32-year-old Josh Trimble as he lay on the ground in ...
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