The weapon used by prison staff on Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex inmates last year was the Taser 7, an electric stun gun produced by Axon, with headquarters in Scottsdale, Arizona. Some facts ...

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Law enforcement agencies across the country started using Tasers and similar weapons about three decades ago. The still-evolving technology quickly reduced injuries among officers and subjects, ...

New Taser with almost double firing distance approved for police forces - The device can fire up to 10 single probes and the officer can determine where each individual probe is fired, unlike previous ...

Amnesty International UK has warned that police using a new “10-shot super Taser” is “fundamentally dangerous” after the Metropolitan Police was hit with a fresh scandal. The charity said the new ...

A new Taser with a range almost double that of previous models has been approved for police use. The Axon T10 also has a multi-shot capability and auditory warnings, taking Taser “to the next level”.

An officer discharges a probe during a demonstration of the Taser 10 (Jordan Pettitt/PA) Police officers in England and Wales will soon be able to fire a Taser at a target about the length of a modern ...