Defective & Dangerous Products

• Third Stun Gun Death in a Month in New Orleans Area

  Joe Saunders | February 23, 2006 10:49 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A man died about 36 hours after being subdued with a stun gun by St. Tammany Parish sheriff's deputies responding to a domestic disturbance at his home, authorities have revealed.The case marks the third time in less than a month that a suspect has died after being shocked with a Taser gun in the New Orleans area.

• Nashville Police Revise Taser Policy

  Joe Saunders | February 22, 2006 6:32 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Metro police sergeants are called in whenever a taser is needed. Beginning Friday, paramedics will also help subdue people who could be tasered. This new policy is an effort to prevent deaths from excited delirium. Exited delirium can happen when a person is on drugs and has to be tasered because they are out of control. Now, in those cases, police will restrain the suspect and a paramedic will...

• In Wake of Taser Controversy, Manufacturer Opts for Shotgun Approach

  Joe Saunders | February 19, 2006 10:38 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  With public uproar over taser misuse growing by the day, Taser International, the manufacturer of the controversial stun gun weapon is developing a new product line- a Taser shot gun The nation's largest stun-gun manufacturer has found a new way to deliver electricity to the human body: a 12-gauge shotgun. Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Taser International Inc. is developing the eXtended Range...

• Canadian Cop Charged in Taser Incident

  Joe Saunders | February 16, 2006 9:05 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  An Edmonton cop, who was once hailed as a hero for saving a man from a burning building, has been charged with assault after a teen was allegedly Tasered while in a police cellblock. The boy alleged he was Tasered once by a police officer while in the cell. Detectives from police internal affairs investigated and passed their findings to Crown prosecutors in Calgary for review. Const. Todd Hudec...

• Family Deals With Life After Taser

  Joe Saunders | February 14, 2006 9:17 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  The following story ran in The Globe and Mail newspaper:Samantha Foldi faces life as a widow from her wheelchair. For nearly 10 years, since a car accident left her partially paralyzed, she relied on her husband Jim for so much. He quit his construction job to help with her rehab and to care for their four children. He once rescued them from a fire, lowering his wife to safety out a bedroom...

• Taser Found to Be 39 Times More Powerful than Manufacturer Claims!

  Joe Saunders | February 13, 2006 11:04 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  In an article reported this morning in the Arizona Republic, a study measuring electric shocks from a Taser stun gun found that it was 39 times more powerful than the manufacturer claimed, raising new questions about the weapon's safety.The study, published last month in the peer-reviewed Journal of the National Academy of Forensic Engineers, concluded that the shocks are powerful enough to...

• Former Cop to Plead Guilty to Illegal Use of Taser

  Joe Saunders | February 11, 2006 10:14 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A former Escambia County deputy accused of illegally shocking a Pensacola woman with a Taser stun gun is expected to plead guilty next week, federal court documents show.The deputy shocked the Pensacola woman 4 times with the Taser after responding to a possible child abuse incident.

• British University Warns Against Tasers

  Joe Saunders | February 10, 2006 5:49 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A British university is warning of the dangers of electric stun guns that will be trialled in New Zealand later this year. Police officers will be armed with taser guns, which cause temporary paralysis and are designed to be used as a non-lethal way of dealing with violent offenders. Project coordinator of the Non Lethal Weapons Research Project at Bradford University, Neil Davison, says...

• Georgia Legislature Mandates Stun Gun Training

  Joe Saunders | February 09, 2006 6:32 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Police agencies in Georgia that use Taser stun guns would have to make sure their officers know how to use them properly under a bill passed overwhelmingly by the House on Wednesday. The legislation, which cleared the lower chamber 162-1 and now goes to the Senate, would require police departments to draft written policies for using Tasers that meet standards set by the Georgia Peace Officer and...

• Amnesty International Reports 103 Taser Deaths

  Joe Saunders | February 08, 2006 5:46 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Amnesty International is reporting that 103 deaths are related to the Taser stun gun. Additionally, the human rights group says there is widespread abuse of the weapon that in some cases "constitutes ill-treatment and torture."Amnesty International reports 103 people have been killed in North America by the stun gun that New Zealand police are to trial later this year and says there is...