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 ...

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 ...

The new device is called the BolaWrap. Police departments across the United States could have another gadget to add to their repertory: a Spider-Man-like device that fires a tether that can entangle ...

A viral Instagram video shows a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Officer accidentally tasing his partner while trying to make an arrest. In the video, one of the officers can be seen getting up from the scuffle ...

There's no question about how Patrick Lyoya, a 26-year-old Congolese immigrant, was killed. Lyoya was fatally shot in the back of the head while on the ground by a Michigan police officer, who was ...

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Santa Clara County leaders promised full transparency when they approved the deployment of Tasers in the jails. Now sheriff’s deputies are using them — and county leaders don’t want the public to see ...

The family of a Fulton County student who was shot with a Taser by an officer onboard a school bus has spoken out about what happened for the first time.

A Lincoln police officer used a Taser on a man who was threatening another person with a hammer early Saturday morning, police say. About 12:30 a.m., police responded to reports of a man with a hammer ...