TASER News & Articles

Axon Roadshow brings conference experience to law enforcement, corrections

Go hands-on with the latest tech while visiting with officers from neighboring departments

Double the impact: How combining less lethal devices and bodycams can enhance safety in corrections

Body-worn cameras and TASER CEWs often have a calming effect on tense situations, but using them together can also cut down on complaints and boost transparency

How to buy less lethal products (eBook)

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Download this Corrections1 less lethal product buying guide to learn key steps for product selection, purchasing and implementation

Video review: Jail riot response training

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A video of a New Mexico tactical team ending an inmate riot in a jail pod demonstrates key points to consider in a training plan

Video review: Inmate punches officer during jail booking

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From jail booking to prison transport, the chance of an inmate attacking an officer is ever-present

Responding to an inmate escape

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There are some key steps correctional officers can take to prepare for a safe and effective response to a prison escape

Was electronic control device use proper? You decide!

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Consider a roundtable discussion of these two cases during roll call training

Wash. inmate attacks deputy in court, gets TASERed

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The inmate was TASERed twice after going for the deputy's gun in the scuffle

What correctional officers need to know about stab-resistant body armor

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Understanding the various performance standards for slash- and stab-resistant body armor is of vital importance for correctional officer safety

Vegas police: Mistakes made before hospital ER shooting

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Police say mistakes were made in leaving a suicidal man alone in the ER, where he grabbed a CO's ECD from an unattended bag before the OIS

Vegas cop fatally shoots suspect armed with CO's TASER

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The suspect told the dispatcher he was feeling suicidal and he was going to "blast it out with the police officers"

3 inmates hurt after 'disturbance' at Ark. prison

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DOC spokesman Solomon Graves said inmates broke windows and damaged surveillance equipment

Officials: Ark. inmates had TASER during hostage situation

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About a quarter of the prison's security positions were unfilled at the time of Monday's incident

Video: Wis. CO assaulted by inmate

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The inmate came down the stairs and attacked the officer after refusing to go back to her cell

Video: Escaped felon TASERed after resisting arrest, fighting cops

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Two police officers were injured in the altercation

Officer injured, 11 arrested during riot outside Pa. jail

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Around 25 rioters were outside throwing rocks, sticks and setting off fireworks

Pa. parolee arrested after public fight with parole agent

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Agent Susan Stout attempted to shoot Gary Furr Jr. with a TASER after he refused to drop a box cutter he was holding

Detectives: Inmate grabs CO's TASER, fires, hurts 4

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The inmate grabbed the TASER during transportation to solitary confinement

Tasers credited with reduction in Mich. CO attacks

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Official: "Staff are no longer having to physically break up inmate-on-inmate altercations"

Kan. police use Taser on man who hit officers

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Cops used a Taser to subdue an intoxicated man after he struck two officers in the face

Study: TASER hits to chest pose no extra danger

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Taking a TASER hit to the chest is no more dangerous than to other body parts, a Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center study has found

Police probe death of La. man after being stunned

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Authorities are investigating the death of a 33-year-old man who was shot with a stun gun by a city police officer after reportedly escaping custody

Ohio officer used stun gun on 9-year-old boy

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Officer's use of a stun gun on a child resulted in the shutdown of a village police force

Police: Mumbling Pa. suspect had mouthful of crack

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Man was mumbling before he struggled with police and was hit with the stun gun — only to have 23 individually wrapped pieces of crack cocaine fall out of his mouth