Taser

• Police response questioned when 2 men die after being Tasered during well-being checks

  Criminologists say the deaths are a reminder that police are rarely the appropriate people to respond to mental health crises, and that conducted energy weapons can be lethal.

  Canada

  Mar 5
  
• Officer loses Taser on foot chase. Halifax police now looking for it

  Halifax police believe someone may be in possession of a police-issued Taser after it fell out of an officer's holster Monday night.

  Crime

  Dec 17, 2024
  
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• B.C. approves new model of Taser for police use

  British Columbia has approved the use of an updated Taser weapon for officers around the province to use as a less-lethal weapon during police confrontations.

  Mar 25, 2024
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• Peterborough police use stun gun to disarm man during domestic incident response

  Police say an man brandished a broke plate at officers and resisted arrest following a reported domestic incident early Saturday.

  Crime

  Oct 16, 2023
• Peterborough police use stun gun after man resists arrest, punches officer

  Police say a man had entered the store and verbally threatened a clerk. He later fled from police and resisted arrest, leading an officer to use a stun gun.

  Crime

  Oct 5, 2023
• Man accused of wielding stun gun arrested on outstanding warrants: Alberta RCMP

  RCMP say they have arrested a man with several outstanding warrants, also accused of resisting arrest and threatening officers with a stun gun.

  Crime

  Sep 20, 2023
• Pedestrian uses stun gun in confrontation with cyclist: Guelph police

  Investigators say both involved suffered injuries. A 63-year-old Guelph man faces a number of charges.

  Crime

  Sep 7, 2023
• 1 suspect in custody after person with scissors reported at Toronto’s Christie subway station

  Toronto police said shortly after 1:30 p.m. on Monday, officers received reports of a female with scissors on the platform at the Christie Subway Station.

  Crime

  Aug 14, 2023
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• Guelph police had hands full in arresting individual passed out in car

  Investigators say a man tried to take a stun gun from one of the officers during the arrest.

  Crime

  Jul 31, 2023
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• Multiple citizens, police assaulted in incident at bank in St. Thomas

  St. Thomas Police Service say they received multiple 911 calls at around 5:30 p.m. Monday regarding an 'out of control male' at a bank leading to several people being assaulted.

  Crime

  Jun 15, 2023