CATSKILL, N.Y. Nov 7 2021 The Times Union of Albany reported that 29-year-old man walked into the Catskill village police department last weekend and got into a confrontation with officers. Chief Dave Darling confirmed to the newspaper that officers deployed a Taser to subdue the man, who had just doused himself with hand sanitizer, and […]
Montrose CO July 21 2021 Montrose Memorial Hospital has increased security measures after a scissor-wielding man allegedly attacked an employee and others including a patient who tried to intervene. A hospital security officer deployed his Taser to detain suspect Johnathan Pringle for police. Pringle, 31, was arrested July 9 on suspicion of second-degree assault; aggravated […]
Sumter SC April 23 2021 The activation of a Taser by a middle school resource officer is currently under review by the Sumter Police Department. The reports said that during dismissal Tuesday, a female officer pointed the device upward and activated it to make an arching sound in order to get the attention of students and […]
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. April 13 2021 The police chief in a Minneapolis suburb where a Black man was fatally shot during a traffic stop said Monday that he believes the officer who fired intended to use a Taser, not a handgun. Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon described the shooting as “an accidental discharge.” The state […]
ATLANTA GA March 30 2021— Three people were charged after police said a fight broke out at TSA security checkpoint at Atlanta’s airport, Tuesday. An Atlanta officer ended up having to deploy his taser in the process, police said. According to the Atlanta Police Department, officers were alerted to the dispute at the checkpoint just […]
SPOKANE, WA Sept 10 2020– One man was booked into the Spokane County Jail after being arrested for 11 counts of vehicle trespass. Around 2:00 a.m. on August 30th, Spokane Police officers were dispatched to the area near Sacred Heart, where a Sacred Heart security officer had a vehicle prowler in custody and that a […]
Fresno CA June 4 2020 While Daniel Duncan’s wife was being admitted into Saint Ages Medical Center on Tuesday, the 39-year-old Fresno man was being tackled and Tased by hospital security. Duncan was detained for more than four hours early Tuesday morning before being charged with battery in an incident that has his family calling […]
Austin TX May 10 2020 The use of a stun gun on a kneeling man should be reinstated to the Austin Police Department with back pay. Donald Petraitis and Robert Pfaff were not fired with just cause, arbiter LeRoy R. Bartman concluded Thursday. The decision was delivered to Petraitis and Pfaff’s attorneys Friday. Pfaff used a […]
BALTIMORE MD April 17 2020 CAIR is asking the Howard County Police to investigate the circumstances that led to a store security guard at L.A. Mart to Taser a man who wore a face covering while shopping for groceries earlier this month. According to The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the man of Tunisian heritage is […]
Lynchburg VA April 5 2020 A former patient at Lynchburg General Hospital says he was severely injured when he was shocked by a security guard wielding a stun gun in 2018. Now, the patient has filed a civil rights action against the hospital owner and two of its guards. Plaintiff Anthony Smith contends he was […]