The number of times Scottish police officers have fired tasers at members of the public has soared by 70 per cent in the last four years - sparking fears over their use. But frontline officers have ...

A new report issued by Amnesty International is recommending that Police Departments around the country either stop using Tasers, or limit their use to situations where guns would otherwise be used.

Fears have been sparked over Police Scotland's use of tasers after the number of times Scots cops fired them at members of the public rose by 70 per cent. However, front-line officers have claimed ...

A day after Mayor Sam Adams announced he wanted to spend more money—and sooner—to speed controversial new police weapons into the hands of Portland cops, accountability advocates sent a pair of ...

Last year, the Texas Legislature passed on the chance to ban cops and security guards from using Tasers and pepper spray on students in public school. With the state’s largest police group, the ...

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, ...

The Denver Police Department broadened its use-of-force policy to allow officers to use Tasers in more circumstances for 10 days last month, then reversed course and rescinded the new policy after the ...

Denver's Office of the Independent Monitor is raising major concerns about a change to when Denver Police Department officers ...