Taser tells police to avoid shooting at chest

Stun-gun maker Taser International has started telling police agencies to avoid firing the devices at suspects' chests, explaining that there's an "extremely low" risk of ill effects on the heart and that doing so will make defending lawsuits easier.

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New Taser device can shock 3 people without reload

Taser International has introduced its first new stun gun since 2003: a device capable of shocking three people without being reloaded.

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Taser Unveils Holster With Music Player

A handy new holster from Taser International Inc. holds not only your stun gun but a music player too.

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Taser Int'l 4Q Earnings Slide 98 Percent

Stun-gun maker Taser International Inc. reported Wednesday its fourth-quarter profit dropped 98 percent on lower sales and higher expenses as the company fought lawsuits and continuing bad publicity during the period.

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Lt. Michael Pigott, a 21-year NYPD veteran, ordered an officer on the ground to fire his stun gun. Morales collapsed and fell 10 feet to the sidewalk, landing on his head. He was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead on Sept. 24, 2008.

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You see, in an effort "to minimize controversy, increase effectiveness and provide enhanced risk management" (i.e.

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PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona-based Taser International is advising police agencies across the nation not to shoot its stun guns at a suspect's chest, saying it could post an extremely low risk of an "adverse cardiac event."

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Taser International Inc. has released a new shotgun-ready projectile similar to its other stun-gun products, but with twice the range and the first with wireless capabilities.

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Oswego County Sheriff's Department employee Jeff Kandt alleges that he "sustained severe and permanent physical injuries" while being zapped, a standard part of training for Taser use among law-enforcement officials.

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A federal jury has held Taser International responsible for the death of a Salinas man in U.S. District Court in San Jose on Friday, and awarded his family more than $6 million in punitive and compensatory damages. ...

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Three teenagers were arrested Thursday night after police say they used a stun gun to rob another teenager of $18 and his Nike Air Force Ones.

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In a town not far from Jena, La., fears of a cover-up mount At 1:28 p.m. last Jan. 17, Baron "Scooter" Pikes was a healthy 21-year-old man. By 2:07 p.m., he was dead.

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A 17-year-old shocked with a Taser by police after an altercation at a northern Charlotte grocery store died from cardiac arrest, according to an autopsy released Friday.

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The RCMP says it will restrict Taser firings in the face of mounting public pressure on the national force to rein in what critics call "usage creep."

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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police should scale back use of stun guns and improve training, a federal watchdog's report said. Paul Kennedy, chairman of the Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP, issued the report with 12 recommendations on the electronic devices, the  …

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Tulare County Sheriff's Department ordered 152 TASERs from Taser International, Taser Int'l reports via RTT News' "Taser International Announces Receipt of Various Orders". Corpus Christi Police Department ordered 120 TASERs.

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Shares of stun-gun manufacturer Taser International Inc. (TASR: News, Chart, Quote ) fell Monday morning after a jury ordered the company to pay $6.22 million in damages in a lawsuit brought against the company over its role in the death of Robert Heston.

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Getting Tasered The Twin Cities Daily planet writes an article entitled "Getting Tased" that recounts Taser International's ambitious projections. A kink, however, may have ensued with a lawsuit - the first ever - that has been awarded.

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The controversial Taser trial is again under fire with the chief ombudsman saying reports by police about the use of the device have been "sanitised".

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The family of the late Jarrel Gray has filed a $145 million lawsuit against Frederick County, Sheriff Chuck Jenkins and Corp. Rudy Torres for the Taser-related death of the 20-year-old in November.

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The daughter of a Mongol motorcycle club member, who died after a being zapped with Tasers during a naked, drug-fueled struggle with San Jose police in a motel room a year ago, has sued Police Chief Rob Davis, the city and the company that makes the electric stun guns for $20 mil …

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He's a big man who has done jail time, and Shane William Spaargaren of Halifax admits to swearing and being agitated with Halifax Regional Police last month. But he thinks officers went too far when they used a Taser on him.

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THE Winnipeg Police Service has launched an internal review into the improper conduct of one of its officers who not only loaned a Taser to a doughnut shop employee but also took a photograph of the young man posing with the weapon. The probe comes after the Free Press brought t …

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The studies that have been done to determine the risks of the Taser stun gun are flawed, a Vancouver epidemiologist told a provincial Taser inquiry Friday. "I don't think you can extrapolate the results to the real world," said Dr. Keith Chambers.

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Heart surgeon tells inquiry the stun gun's consequences are not trivial

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NSW POLICE will be issued with high-tech Taser stun guns to combat violent and volatile criminals and drug addicts.

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James City County police officers used a Taser gun on a 24-year-old autistic Williamsburg man Thursday after police said he became unruly with employees at Wilson's Leather at the Prime Outlets-Williamsburg shopping mall.

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The politician who first approved Tasers for use in B.C. in 'combative situations' says the weapon is now being used as a substitute for good old fashioned police work. Former B.C.

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A heart specialist has told a public inquiry in Vancouver into the use of Tasers that a shock from the energy weapon can be deadly.

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