SAN JOSE, Calif. - Deputies with the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office are reporting minimal Taser usage in jails — arguing they’ve helped curb violent incidents. But watchdogs aren’t convinced amid ...

Tasers used to shoot out confetti pieces with the device’s serial number when deployed for tracking the use of the Tasers. But modern Tasers, like the Axon Taser 7 GPD uses, are all digital. Each ...

A House bill proposed in Jackson would outlaw the use of tasers, and local enforcement is totally against the idea.

ST. JOHNSBURY Police here have been using tasers to subdue unruly subjects for six months now and they say they are glad to have the new tool. Chief Richard Leighton said a taser, or "conducted energy ...

This essay was originally published by the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet and magazine. Sign up for their weekly newsletter, or follow them on Facebook and X. Editor’s Note: The ...

The new policy is the product of 14 separate drafts written since police shocked a university student at a September forum with U.S. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass. The student, Andrew Meyer, physically ...

The adopted mother of a 21-year-old man who was stunned with a Taser gun when he refused to give a DNA sample to police urged city leaders Monday to stop the use of the electric devices. "I don't ...

The idea that tasers would be used during a riot fundamentally misunderstands both the dynamics of civil unrest and the ...