In the early 2000s, when police began buying the stun guns in significant numbers ... allowing for more shots before reloading. The X2 model, shown here, holds two cartridges, so it can fire ...

or stun guns — for the department’s approximately 250 front-line officers. City police are currently using the X2 version, the technology for which is more than over 10 years old and no longer ...

In its annual report for 2023-24, the PIRC said Taser stun-guns were also used twice on children aged between 11 and 15. The disclosures came as the watchdog, set up in 2013, revealed it had ...

The department is training all officers and supervisors to use stun guns. The conducted energy devices – also known as CEDs – are considered a less lethal option when confronted with a non ...

Nov. 19—The St. Joseph Police Department's arsenal of Taser guns is about to see an upgrade, a purchase that proponents say will improve safety for both officers and suspects. The Tasers are ...

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Santa Fe County sheriff’s deputies are getting 90 new electronic stun guns with twice the range of the ones they have now. County commissioners unanimously approved the roughly $400,000 ...

The third day of arguments in Crawford’s trial kicked off in the morning with testimony from Bryan Chiles, a senior manager at Axon, which manufactures the stun guns used by law enforcement.

Prosecutors said that’s when Crawford raised his Taser, fired the weapon and ignited ... he was scared the then-26-year-old Barreto had a gun on him — and was willing to use it.