In the early 2000s, when police began buying the stun guns in significant numbers, Taser International marketed them as a “non-lethal” or “less lethal” alternative for controlling ...

The audit highlighted concerns about taser use, with four cases exceeding the threshold for use, but acknowledged LCPD's efforts to improve taser policy and training. OIR Group, the auditor ...

During World War II, Cover served as a test pilot in the Army Air Force ... When he completed his new device in 1974, he named it 'TASER', an acronym for 'Thomas A Swift's Electric Rifle'.