Police offered stun guns option
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Police officers in England and Wales will be permitted to use Taser stun guns, according to the Home Office.
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By The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Dec. 8--Was it a prank? The photo of three young men posed with guns "gangsta-style" that law enforcers included in a warrant to investigate a robbery.
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TORONTO (CP) - The lingering controversy over Tasers flared again Tuesday in Canada's most populous city, with Ontario's community safety minister declaring the stun guns a "better alternative" to lethal force and Toronto police calling for 500 more to equip senior frontline officers.
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The shares of stun gun maker Taser International Inc. (TASR.O: Quote , Profile , Research ) soared on Wednesday after the United Kingdom, which does not allow most police to carry guns, said it approved use of ...
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Concerns are raised as more police officers, including those from two Welsh forces, start to carry Taser stun guns.
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TENINO, Wash. - It was just a little stun gun fun, but a police officer who demonstrated his Taser by zapping a willing subject in the genitals has drawn a warning from his bosses.  Officer Randy Reynolds ran into trouble when video of the incident last spring was posted on YouTube.com.
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Shares of stun gun maker Taser International Inc.  soared on Wednesday after the United Kingdom, which does not allow most police to carry guns, said it approved use of its stun guns for some officers.
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Police used chemical spray and stun guns Thursday on protesters seeking to halt the demolition of public housing tried to break through an iron gate at City Hall.
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Police Chief William Bratton on Friday proposed a new use of deadly force policy that would ban officers from firing at moving vehicles.
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Forget the megaphones. Police will have a much more high-tech &#151; and louder &#151; option to make themselves heard over the din of Manhattan traffic and noisy protesters outside the Republican National Convention.
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New weapon system allows police and soldiers to see and shoot around corners.
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A "potentially viable explosive device" is made safe after police were called to a suspicious vehicle in central London
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A foreign airline has been given permission by the federal government to carry electronic Taser stun guns on some of its flights in the United States to protect against hijackings or other attacks.
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Stun gun maker Taser International  Inc., responding to a news report that its newest weapon failed  to subdue some suspects, said on Friday it is providing  software that lets stun guns fire at full power for a longer  period.
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The Southern Christian Leadership  Conference expressed concern on Monday about taser stun guns,  used by police to immobilize suspects with shocks of 50,000  volts, saying 86 deaths have occurred in the past six years.
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Modern police departments have been deploying modified paintball guns like the ones provided by Pepperball, Inc. to help police officers balance the American people's First Amendment right of free assembly against the demands of politicians. The "less than lethal" designation of these weapons was highlighted recently by the shooting death of Victoria Snelgrove, a baseball fan, by Pepperball equipped police near Fenway Park in Boston.
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Taser International Inc. TASR.O on  Monday said it won U.S. government approval to use its stun  guns on some commercial airline flights to protect passengers  from potential harm.