October 6, 2008

• Tasers Used by UCLA Police Officers

  According to local authorities, 52-year-old Gene Bush had enough firepower to start a small war. (…)

October 4, 2008

• Man Tasered After Auto Accident

  In January, 29 year old Mark Backlund was on his way to the airport to pick up his parents who were returning after a short vacation in Florida. He never got to the airport. (…)

October 3, 2008

• First Taser Related Death in Minnesota, Part 2

  Mark Backlund, age 29, did not get to the airport to pick up his parents. Instead, he was involved in a single car accident on Interstate 698. (…)

October 2, 2008

• Amnesty International Calling for Taser Study

  Law enforcement officers and security personnel around the world sing the praises of Tasers. (…)

October 1, 2008

• St. Paul Approves Taser Deployment in Time for RNC

  The Republican National Convention will soon be held in St. Paul, Minnesota. (…)

September 27, 2008

• Unnecessary Taser Usage by Florida Deputies

  A 22 year old man, whom the judge had ruled was mentally incapable of standing trial, didn’t feel so well after Judge Geoffrey Cohen had spoken. (…)

September 26, 2008

• Non Lethal Self Defense Products Combat New Orleans Crime Rate

  The Metropolitan Center for Women and Children, located in Jefferson, Louisiana, was founded in 1986. (…)

September 25, 2008

• Denver Mayor Explained Secret Facility – Finally

  After Rick Sallinger blew the whistle on Denver’s secret plans for ‘Gitmo On The Platte’ Mayor John Hickenlooper’s office provided its reasoning for the holding facility to the media. (…)

September 24, 2008

• Warning! Stun Guns Used in This Facility: Denver’s Holding Cell Called ‘Gitmo On The Platte’

  Reporter/investigator Rick Sallinger made a surprise visit to a warehouse, owned by the City of Denver. It has been readied for usage as a holding cell during the Democratic National Convention. (…)

September 23, 2008

• Police Officers Want Tasers in the Face of Growing Violence

  In Westport, New Zealand, Senior Constable Denis Bergman has added his voice to that of other officers who want Tasers. (…)

September 22, 2008

• Secret Warehouse Holding Cells and Stun Guns For Demonstrators Upset Political Group Leaders

  After finding out about Denver’s secret plans for handling demonstrators which are arrested en masse, investigative reporter Rick Sallinger blew the whistle. (…)

September 20, 2008

• Taser Trial Results Under Scrutiny in New Zealand

  Following a year long trial period during which Tasers, their usage and the results are drawing fire from several quarters. (…)

September 19, 2008

• Inept Robber Carries Taser

  Maybe he should have thought things through a little better.
  On an evening in June, unemployed Charles Orr, age twenty, entered the Surf In Superette in Mt. Maunganui, New Zealand. (…)

September 18, 2008

• ACLU Frets Over Stun Guns and Holding Area for RNC

  During the 2004 Republican National Convention, held in New York City, over a thousand people were held at a concrete pier: Pier 57. (…)

September 17, 2008

• New Zealand Police Association Wants Tasers

  Following a year long trial period, Commissioner Howard Broad issued a statement backing the Police Association’s request for Tasers. The Association maintained that the trial was a rousing success. (…)

September 13, 2008

• Should Teachers Carry Guns Or Stun Guns For School Safety?

  Last week a small town in Texas passed a city ordinance allowing teachers to carry guns in school. Of course, many Texans grew up with good steel: knives, guns and cars. (…)

August 29, 2008

• Taser Use by Houston Officers Usually Righteous

  In November 2006, Houston Mayor Bill White requested an independent study. (…)

August 28, 2008

• Houston Cop Exonerated in Laundromat Taser Incident

  In a world gone awry, one would think picking up one’s laundry would be a relatively safe and simple affair. (…)

August 27, 2008

• Reconsider Taser Usage Critiques

  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. (…)

August 26, 2008

• Houston, Texas Polices Its Own Taser Uses

  The Houston Police Department (HPD) just concluded its own internal investigation regarding the use of Tasers. (…)