HARTFORD, Conn. — Officers last year fired stun guns at blacks and Hispanics at a higher rate than at white suspects, and warned but didn’t fire at white suspects at a higher rate than they did blacks ...
SAN JOSE — A coalition of South Bay activists rallied outside the Santa Clara County Main Jail and a Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday morning against a county pilot program testing the use of stun ...
Police may have new reason to pause before using a stun gun to subdue a suspect after an appeals court ruled an officer in San Diego County can be sued for shooting an unarmed man with a Taser during ...
ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — An independent review of stun gun incidents in Montgomery County has determined that police are not overusing the weapon. The study was commissioned this year by county executive ...
The officer had an immediate explanation after shooting an unarmed black man during a traffic stop in South Carolina: He said he fired in self-defense after a struggle over his stun gun. But his ...
PATERSON, N.J. (PIX11) — Paterson Police Officers are picking up a new piece of equipment before heading out to patrol. The department is training all officers and supervisors to use stun guns. The ...
A 53-year-old man who died while in Wolcott police custody on Halloween in 2023 died by suicide rather than use of force when police deployed stun guns, according to a report the Office of the ...
A 55-year-old Speegleville man is out of jail on $50,000 bond after he allegedly tried to use a stun gun on his daughter’s boyfriend and another man. Clyde Bert Eakin was arrested Monday evening after ...