The shock can cause muscles to seize up and induce temporary memory loss.

The rate of sudden deaths increased six-fold in the first year that California law enforcement agencies deployed the use of stun guns, according to a UCSF study. Findings also showed a two-fold ...

Co announces that 10 new medical and scientific study posters, abstracts, and papers were published that document recent medical and scientific studies of TASER technology. All of these studies ...

Mar. 17 -- MONDAY, March 16 (HealthDay News) -- Taser stun guns, used by some police forces, can cause brain-related problems such as seizures, according to a Canadian study. Researchers analyzed a ...

A teacher who died after he was hit by a Taser multiple times during a struggle with LAPD officers earlier this year died as a result of "cardiomyopathy and cocaine use," according to an autopsy ...

The Seattle Police Department is tightening its use of Tasers, urging officers to take particular care before using the electric-shock devices on pregnant women, the very young, the very old and the ...

TRAVERSE CITY -- Grand Traverse sheriff's deputies could soon start packing 50,000 volts. The sheriff's department asked the county board for approval to purchase 61 Taser stun guns and equipment at a ...

The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office is requesting to arm its deputies with Tasers. San Jose Spotlight file photo. Santa Clara County leaders may equip sheriff’s deputies with Tasers as uses of ...