Taser says its weapons also have been used more than 2 million times in training and experimental scenarios. Tasers have two firing modes. In standard “dart” mode, the gun-shaped weapon uses ...

A colleague of a police officer who tasered a great-grandmother has told a court about a conversation they had after the ...

Based on that usage, Wright concluded that Edmonds violated the city’s Taser training and policy. The Taser, he wrote, should be deployed only for defense of self or others, or for flight or ...

However, experts say weapon confusion does occur, and that training is the key to preventing such incidents. Getty Images "This comes down to how often she trains with the Taser," US-based ...

Any police officer who applies to become Taser trained must undergo a thorough selection process and not every officer who applies will be successful. To be considered, officers must have an ...

It also said GMP should "update local Taser training" and the College of Policing should "amend national training for officers equipped with Taser to include considerations when a child is present".