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Taser International sponsoring Connecticut Police Chiefs Association annual bash
The Connecticut Police Chiefs Association has routinely opposed any statewide regulation or standards over police use of Tasers, despite growing concerns across the nation about the potential for misuse of cop stun guns. A new medical study published...
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Doubts surface as police sharply increase Taser use
The traffic stop began peacefully three hours into New Year's Day 2010, with the woman driving the SUV telling the officer that she hadn't been drinking and her husband merrily exclaiming he was the source of the alcohol smell.
But the situation soured...Tags: Police Arrests, Civil Rights, Laws, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Laws
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Coronado cops outfitted with helmet cams
FOX 5 San Diego ReporterCORONADO, Calif. -- Coronado police have been testing a small helmet-mounted camera with their traffic enforcement officers and shared the details behind the technology and their experiences with the media, Tuesday. The recording device, called the AXON,... -
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New report finds widespread abuse of Tasers by New York police
There’s a new report out by the New York Civil Liberties Union warning that police in that state are “consistently misusing and overusing Tasers.”
An NYCLU official said the organization’s study “shows that police officers...Tags: Union (Tolland, Connecticut), Civil Rights, Justice and Rights
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Cameras worn by Aberdeen's police officers provide indisputable proof
Even before the police officer leaves his patrol car, the camera is already recording.
A camera that fits around an officer's head shows the total account of an event that many cellphone and other recordings fail to capture.
"Many personal...Tags: Services and Shopping, Crime, Law and Justice, Photography and Video, Justice System, Photography Supplies and Services
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Injured Dallas cop sues Taser, raises questions about training safety for officers
The 33 NewsThose who have been through a Taser zap describe it has five seconds of pure pain, having 50-thousand volts of electricity pumped through the body. But, it isn't just the public or suspects who are Tasered. For some in law enforcement it is a required...Tags: Neck, Human Body, Injuries and Wounds, Spinal Disc Herniation, Health
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Violent patients: Hospitals on the front lines
OF THE MORNING CALLA mentally ill person who hasn't taken his medicine is brought to a hospital emergency department and begins cursing and throwing wild punches at nurses and doctors. Is that person a patient needing firm, appropriate health care or a potential criminal...Tags: University of Pennsylvania, Medical Specialization, Crimes, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Health and Medical Professionals
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Effective police tool or torture device: Texas lawmakers to debate the taser
The 33 NewsIt is hard for Marcus Hardin to even talk about what happened to his grandson outside a Fort Worth bar almost three years ago, when Marcus Swiat was taken into custody by officers, who deployed a taser. "Tasers are torture," Hardin said. Swiat was tased...Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Texas, Social Issues, Arizona, Crime, Law and Justice
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Martinsville City named in a $17 million lawsuit following teen's taser death in 2009
Anchor/ReporterThe family of Martinsville teenager Derek Jones is suing the city after the 17-year-old died shortly after being tasered two years ago. The city is named in the multi-million dollar wrongful death lawsuit as well as the policeman who used the taser....Tags: Trials, Martinsville (Martinsville, Virginia), Crime, Law and Justice, Litigation
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