WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The use of Taser stun weapons by U.S. police forces inflicts very few serious injuries, researchers said on Monday, but a leading human rights group was unswayed, pressing its ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The use of Taser stun weapons by U.S. police forces inflicts very few serious injuries, researchers said on Monday, but a leading human rights group was unswayed, pressing its ...

Four people were shot and injured by police after Tasers used against a suspected fare evader in Brooklyn were “ineffective” in subduing the man. The incident has raised questions about the use of ...

Law enforcement agencies across the country started using Tasers and similar weapons about three decades ago. The still-evolving technology quickly reduced injuries among officers and subjects, ...

University of South Wales provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Prime Minister Keir Starmer recently urged the police to take “all necessary action” in response to unrest across cities ...

You shouldn?t be able to carry a Taser for self-defense if you?re not working in law enforcement or security, a Baltimore delegate says. So the delegate, Talmadge Branch, wants to ban the sale of ...

Waco police cases involving Taser use against people described as “defensive” resisters — a category that includes those who run or pull away from officers — account for 56 percent of the non-lethal ...

The number of times Scots cops have fired tasers at members of the public has soared by 70 per cent in the last four years - sparking fears over their use. But frontline cops last night claimed the ...

On Sunday, The World-Herald reported new information about the decision to reinstate an Omaha police officer for her involvement in the videotaped arrest shown above. Officer Jackie Dolinsky was fired ...

The availability of Tasers to Houston police officers may have caused an escalation, rather than a reduction, in the amount of force officers use on suspects, according to the city official overseeing ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) – Corporal Matthew Stice pointed his Taser at Martini Smith’s bare chest. Smith was 20 years old, pregnant and stripped nearly naked, standing in a cell in the Franklin County ...