Indictment of North Carolina officer accused of using Taser on people without cause raises questions about police employment rules, potential criminal penalties.

In the early 2000s, when police began buying the stun guns in significant numbers, Taser International marketed them as a “non-lethal” or “less lethal” alternative for controlling ...

A police officer's use of a Taser had a minimal impact on the subsequent ... called to a disturbance in Clockhouse Way at about 11:30 GMT on 21 November 2022. After confrontations with police ...

A Taser is a less-lethal, single-shot self-defence weapon used by trained police officers to temporarily incapacitate a violent or potentially violent person, who poses a danger to themselves or other ...

The spike in Taser use in law enforcement — which leaped ... Police use-of-force incidents overall in New York leaped nearly 30% from 2017 to 2022, while injuries tied to police force in New ...