TASERS are increasingly used to subdue suspects or as personal weapons. TASERS, also called "electrical control devices," have been used by law enforcement since the mid-1970s, with the intention to ...

Law enforcement agencies across the country started using Tasers and similar weapons about three decades ago. The still-evolving technology quickly reduced injuries among officers and subjects, ...

An investigation found excessive Taser use in Mississippi to be widespread after reporters examined thousands of activations from department logs, many of which had never before been reviewed. By ...

A video released by authorities shows sheriff's deputies use a stun gun on man. — -- As Georgia investigators released a video showing sheriff's deputies using a stun gun to subdue a handcuffed ...

Designed to deliver a brief, paralyzing electric charge, Tasers are issued by about 90 percent of America’s roughly 18,000 state, local, and federal law enforcement agencies, according to company ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. "Taser" and "laser" are both types of energy weapons, while also both acronyms, so it wouldn't be ridiculous for you to assume that most of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Officers with the ...

A tense confrontation between a Middlesex police officer and a man possessing a knife spilled into a grocery store on Wednesday, forcing a Taser to be deployed several times. The incident started when ...

Bodycam footage of a fatal police shooting of a 23-year-old woman armed with a knife in Panorama City on June 15 shows there was confusion among the officers over deploying a Taser or using a gun.