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NEWS & EVENTS  24 Articles Next > Doctors question safety of Tasers after death November 15, 2007 By Ryan Bergen The deaths of three Canadians, all killed this fall shortly after being shot by police with stun guns, have drawn renewed attention to the safety of the "non-lethal" devices. Source: National Review of Medicine Link: http://www.nationalreviewofmedicine.com/issue/2007/11_15-30/4_policy_politics_19.html Download: Police used ‘all non-lethal’ methods before shooting woman on interstate November 6, 2007 By William Lundquist Payette — Deputies, including one from Payette County, tried all non-lethal methods available before fatally shooting a woman on Interstate 84 in Payette County last month, according to Ada County Sheriff’s Office Community Information Specialist Andrea Dearden. Source: Argus Observer Link: http://www.argusobserver.com/articles/2007/11/06/news/doc4730ad8222908900334888.txt Download: Short Shotgun Replaces the Bayonet November 4, 2007 After several years of research and field testing, the U.S. Army is buying 38,000 M26 12 Gauge Modular Accessory Shotgun Systems (MASS). The M26 weighs less than three pounds (2 pounds, 11 ounces) and has a five round magazine. Source: Strategy Page Link: http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htweap/articles/20071104.aspx Download: Are Tasers Being Overused? October 31, 2007 By M.J. STEPHEY Though the Taser has been around for more than 30 years, the brand-name stun gun gained new notoriety last month when Andrew Meyer, a 21-year-old student, scuffled with University of Florida police and uttered his now infamous entreaty "Don't tase me, bro!" — just moments before he, in fact, got tased. Source: Time Magazine Link: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1678641,00.html?imw=Y Download: Spraying raises questions October 27, 2007 By JONATHAN ABEL DUNEDIN - Four years ago, in a cafeteria full of kids, a school resource officer at Pinellas Park Middle School used pepper spray to break up a fight between two sixth graders. The mist spread through the room, aided by ceiling fans, and caused 40 kids to complain of exposure. Source: St Petersburg Times Link: http://www.sptimes.com/2007/10/27/Northpinellas/Spraying_raises_quest.shtml Download: RIGHTS-EUROPE: 'Non-lethal Weapons' Tackle Protests Against Globalisation October 26, 2007 By Julio Godoy PARIS - Several European governments are arming their police forces with a new range of "non-lethal weapons" to put down protests against globalisation, and among immigrants. Governments in France, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, and several other countries have ordered such weapons, or are about to, even though human rights groups are warning that the supposed "non-lethality" of the guns is a myth, and that they actually can kill people. The most widespread "non-lethal weapon" is the stun gun Taser, that discharges electric shocks. Technically that should only paralyse the person shot at, and cause intense pain. Source: Inter Press Service News Agency Link: http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=39818 Download: Universal Guardian's Cobra StunLight(TM) Helps Disable an Armed Assailant October 25, 2007 NEWPORT BEACH, CA -- Universal Guardian Holdings, Inc., an emerging global leader in non-lethal protection products and strategic security services to protect against terrorist, criminal, and security threats, today announced another incident occurred where its Cobra StunLight(TM) was successfully used to help disable an armed assailant. Jeremiah Day, while performing his part-time job of booting illegally parked cars in downtown Atlanta, was accosted by an armed man threatening to shoot him. Mr. Day tried reasoning with the armed man and the situation quickly deteriorated. Source: PR Newswire Link: http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/LATH04125102007-1.htm Download: Unmasking Dubrovka's Mysterious Gas October 23, 2007 By Nikolaus von Twickel Staff Writer The knock-out gas that special forces pumped into Moscow's Dubrovka theater to end the hostage crisis five years ago sent baffled scientists scrambling in their laboratories in the United States and Europe. Now, five years later, the verdict is in. The mysterious substance appears to have been an FSB-made version of carfentanyl, an artificial, opium-like substance that is 10,000 times more potent than morphine and usually used to immobilize large animals. And, as it turns out, the gas wasn't really a gas at all but an aerosol -- tiny particles that float in the air. Source: The Moscow Times Link: http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2007/10/23/002.html Download: Taiwan admits developing graphite bomb to counter China threat October 22, 2007 Taipei - Taiwan confirmed Monday it was developing a non-lethal graphite bomb designed to disable a city's power supply in the face of growing military threats from rival China. Source: Asia-Pacific News Link: http://news.monstersandcritics.com/asiapacific/news/article_1367452.php/Taiwan_admits_developing_graphite_bomb_to_counter_China_threat Download: Erie police to get 8 Tasers in 2008 October 19, 2007 By CODY SWITZER Erie police in spring 2008 expect to be armed with Tasers. Officers plan to have eight of the devices at the police station by then, with all the training completed as well. "This is just another tool to use, along with chemical Mace -- a less-lethal weapon -- to assist arresting a combative subject," Erie police spokesman Lt. Kirk Werner said. Source: Erie Times News Link: http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071019/NEWS02/710190400/-1/NEWS Download: