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 ...

The sound of electricity sizzling and crackling broke the silence. To me, it looked like the electric chair was officially ...

Reuters is documenting the cases of people who have died in the United States after being shocked by police with a Taser (often in combination with other forms of force). The toll, now at 1,081 ...

Charged with addressing a controversial issue, Palo Alto’s new Taser Task Force barely touched any hot wires Monday night. Instead, ten of the task force members — plus an 11th present via ...

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 ...