taser

A 39-year-old Merrillville, Indiana man has got himself some explaining to do… police believe that one Stephen Perosky was under the influence of bath salts when he took a Taser from one police officer and used it on another. Police were dispatched to Perosky’s home after a 911 call....

In Salt Lake City, a 26-year-old man is suing Utah Highway Patrolwoman Corporal Lisa Steed in both personal and professional capacity for delivering a Taser “drive stun” into his arm during a routine traffic stop. Ryan Wesley Jones was pulled over on March 28th 2009 and provided a valid...

A simple disagreement between two officers in Arizona last year ended poorly for the subordinate, who found his testicles on the business end of a Taser gun. I don’t quite understand why anybody looking down the barrel of such a weapon would say “Are you going to use it? ...

With the Taser Zap Stun Cane you can semi-confidently leave Grandma or Grandpa in the more dangerous parts of town without worrying about them getting mugged or accidentally shooting somebody. In case the name of the device left you confused – it is a cane that packs a debilitating...

According to police sources a 34-year-old Wyoming man tried to cover himself with paint to in a bid to avoid being tased… Unfortunately for him, it didn’t work. Cheyenne police say that on September 16 they responded to a domestic violence report at the home of Brian Mattert. When...

A security specialist for an Australian television network was allegedly Tased by a security guard working for a rival network as the two groups attempted to cover a fan procession at the World Cup. The disagreement between the two groups escalated when a Channel 7 reporter tried to defuse...

French Valley, California: A father is facing four felonies after a bizarre attack on a 23-year-old man that had sent his 17-year-old daughter an obscene photograph. When an angry William Atwood Sr., 45, reported that a man who had sent his young daughter a pornographic picture had arrived at...

It has been reported that a police officer in Ozark, Arkansas used a “very, very brief” shock from his Taser to help subdue a 10-year-old girl so that she could be taken to a youth shelter. Officer Dustin Bradshaw came to the home of the girl at the request...

Cops have a pretty risky job, since they’re the ones having to deal with the criminal element. Sometimes excessive force is required–sometimes common sense is all that’s needed. In this case, the police should’ve used less of the former and more of the latter. Kathryn Winkfein, a 72 year...