Frontline cops now six times more likely to use Tasers than truncheons when fighting crime

FRONTLINE cops are now reaching for their Tasers much more than a baton or pepper spray when fighting crime, The Sun on ...
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Police use Taser on 87-year-old woman cutting dandelions with a knife

CHATSWORTH, Ga. -- An 87-year-old grandmother using a knife to cut dandelions in the woods near her rural Georgia home last week was taken down by a police Taser and arrested, according a police ...
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Video shows police tackle, use Taser on man while he was holding his toddler: ‘Don’t feel like it was right’

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU/Gray News) – A police department in Alaska is receiving backlash after a video went viral of officers tackling and using a Taser on a man while he was holding his toddler ...
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Webster police release body camera footage of Taser arrest that has drawn criticism

Following backlash on social media over the use of force during the arrest, the Police Department released a statement, ...

Scots cops taser firing up by 70% in last four years as fears raised over use

New figures show that the devices, which can issue a 50,000 volt shock, were used 261 times in the 12-month period from April ...