Frate fired his taser again after the man “had already cooperated, gotten on the ground, and raised his hands in surrender,” according to the indictment. Maui Police Chief John Pelletier said in a Jan. 21 news release that his department referred the case to federal authorities and is cooperating.

A traffic stop Thursday evening turned into a melee that saw a Peoria Police officer struck and his Taser taken, a prosecutor said. The statements were made Tuesday afternoon during a detention hearing where the man accused in the incident,

A lack of state standards leaves Mississippi police and sheriff’s departments on their own to decide when to use stun guns, and many give officers a free hand.

LAPD officers shot a woman in Baldwin Hills after a Taser failed to subdue her. She's now hospitalized in stable condition.

Dangerous weapons, including a suspected taser, a sword and knives, have been recovered from a car after armed officers conducted a stop and search in the middle of the night in Doncaster.

An investigation found excessive Taser use in Mississippi to be widespread after reporters examined thousands of activations from department logs, many of which had never before been reviewed.

Ontario’s police watchdog has cleared a London police officer of criminal wrongdoing for using a Taser to “incapacitate” a woman in distress following a mental health call.

Los Angeles police deployed a Taser and opened fire Monday night after responding to a report of vandalism in Baldwin Hills, but no one was struck by the gunfire, authorities said. Officers were called at 11:06 p.

Former Maui police officer Carlos Frate was indicted for unreasonable force in a tasing incident last January.

It would be hard to find a police officer in Melvindale more polarizing than Lt. Matthew Furman. He’s been promoted and celebrated. Suspended and criminally charged. Fired and brought back.

A STATEMENT FROM PALM BAY POLICE CHIEF AT THE TIME SAID AFTER AN EXTENSIVE REVIEW, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE OFFICER, LEGALLY AND JUSTIFIABLY USED HIS TASER. THE OFFICER FOLLOWED DEPARTMENTAL ...

A man suffering an apparent mental health crisis lost consciousness and died after officers used their hands and a Taser in restraining him Thursday night in Northeast Albuquerque. Gilbert Gallegos, an Police Department spokesman,