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  2. Taser safety issues - Wikipedia

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    Police issue X26 TASER device with cartridge installed. The TASER is a less-lethal, not non-lethal, weapon, since the possibility of serious injury or death exists whenever the weapon is deployed. [1] It is a brand of conducted electroshock weapon sold by Axon, formerly TASER International.

  3. Taser - Wikipedia

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    A TASER device, with cartridge removed, making an electric spark between its two electrodes Police issue X26 TASER device with cartridge installed Raysun X-1, a multi-purpose handheld weapon. A TASER is a conducted energy device (CED) primarily used to incapacitate people, allowing them to be approached and handled in an unresisting and thus ...

  4. Electroshock weapon - Wikipedia

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    A taser, with cartridge removed, making an electric arc between its two electrodes. An electroshock weapon is an incapacitating weapon.It delivers an electric shock aimed at temporarily disrupting muscle functions and/or inflicting pain, usually without causing significant injury.

  5. Taser vs. gun mix-up raises concerns about training, design ...

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    The company that manufactures Tasers says it has implemented design features and training recommendations to reduce the chances that law enforcement officers would confuse the electroshock weapon ...

  6. UPDATE 1-Taser vs. gun mix-ups draw fresh scrutiny in ... - AOL

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    The company that manufactures Tasers says it has implemented design features and training recommendations to reduce the chances that law enforcement officers would confuse the electroshock weapon ...

  7. Taser use needs to change to avoid losing public’s trust ...

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  8. Axon Enterprise - Wikipedia

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    In 1969, NASA researcher Jack Cover began to develop a non-lethal electric weapon to help police officers control suspects, as an alternative to firearms. [4] By 1974, Cover had completed the device, which he named the "Tom Swift Electric Rifle" (TSER), referencing the 1911 novel Tom Swift and his Electric Rifle; to make it easier to pronounce as a word, Cover later added an "A" to the acronym ...

  9. Set To Stun - The Huffington Post

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    The children, who were all hit by a Taser or stun gun by school-based police officers, also called school resource officers, were 12 to 19 years old when the incidents occurred. They were shocked by a Taser or stun gun for mouthing off to a police officer. For trying to run from the principal’s office.