Portland Police are using their Tasers almost twice 26 percent more against people with mental illness as they were in 2006 according to a new report. A use of force report released by the city in ...

It was a routine so familiar to Stephen he could do it on autopilot: check the shed was locked, the gates were shut, and the sprinklers were running before leaving the farm for the day. This night was ...

A cardiologist’s recently issued study that reports Tasers or electronic stun guns can cause cardiac arrest and death has sparked controversy between law enforcement agencies and opponents. The ...

The New York Police Department, which has increased the number of Tasers it issues, reported that officers discharged their Tasers 501 times in 2016. One person died after being Tased, according to a ...

Police chief seeks to fire Officer Timothy Toczko, who was suspended earlier this month following an internal investigation.

Austin police released body camera footage showing an officer using a Taser on Josh Ryan Trumble just before his death in ...

Bodycam footage shows armed police using a Taser to detain a man carrying a knife following a foot chase in Salford, Greater ...

Also known as stun guns, Tasers shoot prongs that deliver a 50,000-volt jolt that can temporarily disable a person. Tasers are designed to offer a non-lethal, or at least less lethal, option for ...

SARANAC LAKE – Village police used a taser on a local man after he allegedly refused to come out from his hiding spot when they came looking for him on a probation check this past weekend. The ...

Fairfield police say they were forced to use a Taser on an 80-year-old dementia patient. Police were called around 4:30 p.m. Saturday to a report of a man with Alzheimer’s disease who was trying to ...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. - It was late on a Sunday in May 2014 when Officer Michael T. Slager of the North Charleston Police Department stood outside an apartment and faced off with a man whose fists, ...