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 ...

In Albany, also in 2015, local police adopted new rules for Taser use restricting officers from using stun guns on the elderly, pregnant women and people who are handcuffed after Donald "Dontay" Ivy, ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

In two days, school resource officers tasered two high school students in Charlotte. And, according to court records, there was a close call at Middle Creek High School in Wake County on Tuesday. The ...

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

Dayton police used a Taser to subdue a male interfering with police early Saturday morning. Police received a report of 10-15 people fighting near Timothy's Bar and Grill at 1818 Brown Street during ...