The Columbia Police Department responded to 114,533 incidents in 2024, a Monday evening press release says. Of those incidents, 78,276 were responses to citizens calls for service, while police ...

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 ...

A tense confrontation between a Middlesex police officer and a man possessing a knife spilled into a grocery store on Wednesday, forcing a Taser to be deployed several times. The incident started ...

She said Mrs Nowland “didn’t appear to acknowledge” Constable White’s repeated requests to put down the knife or when he activated the warning arc of his Taser. In footage previously shown ...

The footage also showed attempts to physically grab the knife from Mrs Nowland, to keep her contained in the room, and to activate the warning-arc feature of the taser. Mrs Nowland could be seen ...