In November 2006, Houston Mayor Bill White requested an independent study. The study, overseen by Controller Annise Parker’s office, has been critical of the Houston Police Department’s (HPD’s) system for tracking Taser use. The study, slated to be open for public review in early September, says HPD’s methods don’t measure up. This despite HPD’s policy of reviewing each deployment. The study maintains the review procedure cannot be proven because there is no paper trail. However, there is a computer chip which stores deployment data in many Taser models. There are even recording devices in some models.

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In a world gone awry, one would think picking up one’s laundry would be a relatively safe and simple affair. Not so for either the customers trying to pick up clothing without a claim ticker or for owners of the Laundromat in Houston, Texas. The unhappy customer called authorities to help sort out the situation. That’s when Officer Troy Triplett answered the call and walked into a weird buzz saw.

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Officers around the world are carrying and occasionally using Tasers to help them manage a wide variety of situations that could otherwise easily escalate into lethal situations. In spite of the few cases where Tasers and other stun guns are questioned as possible factors leading to deaths, the weapons usage continues to be criticized.

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Officer Nugent was in a fight for what could have been his life against a much heavier suspect. His partner, who had recently undergone heart bypass surgery, could not step in to help. The officers had the proper warrants for Pikes on possession of cocaine charges when they attempted to arrest him just outside of a local shopping center in January.

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