[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: TASER International is a “corporate partner” of the non-profit “National Sheriffs Association” claiming to represent the 3080 sheriffs in the United States (see introductory material in italics below). This strategic partnership results in the following post of the sheriffs’ site – an advertisement for TASER”s Axon/Evidence.com body-worn cameras with the tacit approval […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: (From the TASER-Brazil website) A relatively new way of plugging its products is for TASER International to organize what it calls “technology summits” – in this case in its new Brazilian/South American market. These are free and present Police Chiefs, including the highly controversial Albuquerque ex-police chief and the Cambridge University thesis […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: A new PR initiative by TASER International showing its clear ties to the PoliceOne news/analysis website (and the IACP): Creation of the “RISE Awards” (with prizes of AXON/Evidence.com products) to recognize exemplary protection of lives, agency achievements and police leaders: “This new award program will recognize law enforcement officers and agencies that […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: former Albuquerque Police Chief Ray Schultz appears in clear breach of conflict of interests regulations by joining TASER Inc. as a consultant just after quitting his job as police chief last year. City councillors are challenging Schultz and demanding an “independent review” of how Taser received a no-bid $1.95 million city contract […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS – City councillors charge that ex-police chief recommended TASER as a “sole source supplier” (meaning no counter-officers by other potential suppliers) for body-worn cameras – before quitting and becoming a consultant for TASER International. At one point Chief Schulz emailed to TASER stating that the approval process for the contract ‘has been […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: the Albuquerque police chief arrange for a multi-million contract with TASER Inc. just before he resigned – and became a consultant for TASER International. Albuquerque City councillors are raising this conflict of interests. Police Chief Ray Schulz claims he is simply goping to “share some of our experiences with TASER Internatonal” (as […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: Two stories here: (1) The Albuquerque police chief signed a $1.9 million deal with TASER to adopt the AXON on-body camera system. Just afterwards the police chief retired and immediately started working as a consultant for TASER International. (2) The Taser “AXON” Flex camera has proven to be a less than reliable […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: Detroit Police are testing an on-body camera pilot program administered by TASER Inc., the manufacturer of police stun devices, beginning April 14. The pilot project will be paid for by TASER, using Taser Axon Flex and body-mounted camera. (Detroit, a high-crime city, is under receivership so such a freeby is sure to […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS : TASER shows its marketing skills … The longest line at the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) expo hall – one of more than 750 exhibits – was for Taser’s Alien Crash Site, where officers got to shoot an alien with Taser’s latest model, the X2. users could test two […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS : an upbeat police website report on TASER CEO Rick Smith’s confidence in developing on-0fficer video camera market, presented to delegates at the International Association of Chief’s of Police annual conference. Mr SDmith explains his lower AXON price (down to $300 per unit) reflects TASER’s intent to capture the market: “We’re going […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS : On its blog, TASER Inc. now offering “TASER Professional Services” to facilitate planning & implementation of TASER solutions particularly adoption of new AXON video cameras, i.e. this will strengthen the interdependence of police work and the corporate agenda. “With TASER, a law enforcement agency is our partner & its success is […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS : (Revised google-translation from Portuguese; the original text appears below the translation, in italics) The X26 is shown off at a public security fair in Rio de Janeiro. Data on adoption of taser in Brazil, if this is reliable: since January 2009 there are about 6,000 TASER guns in Brazil. From the […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS : Senior military leaders from 22 nations, most in the Asia-Pacific region, are gathered in Mongolia this week to learn about nonlethal weapons and how their forces can more effectively use them. The two-day seminar started with demonstrations, including the X26, with Mongolian military participating. Each experienced firsthand how it feels to […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: A long and detailed “backgrounder” on tasers in the USA, starting with the traser-death of Ryan Wilson in Sauguist 2012 in Lafayette, Colorado: TASER International emerges as a corporation exploiting its monopoly position as the only supplier of much-desired stun-guns to police units … Information includes the corporation’s video sent to medical […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: TASER shares – TASR is on the Nasdaq exchange – are a bell-weather, many owned by the corporation, valued at $340-million. With sales up 54% over the last year, and no “bad news” , which never seems to get through to the stock market analysts, now is a good time to buy […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: Tasers to keep away sexual predators? Bad advice! Victim-blaming Indonesian police are echoing TASER Inc.’s claim that tasers “protect the innocent”, and women particularly. A completely unsubstantiated claim – and a tasered attacker is sure to become more violent. What’s neded is better policing!]] Following a string of sexual assaults committed on […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: Lawyers for the family of 17-yr-old Derek Jerome Jones, who died on Jan. 8, 2009 after he was tasered have decided to drop charges against the Martnsville Police: “Officer Wray did not believe that the Taser in any way was a potentially lethal weapon, and he used it in accordance with his […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS The Arizona Department of Public Safety set out to buy 800 Tasers and accessories in 2009 for about $800,000. But the purchase had grown to 1,000 newer-model X3 Tasers and accessories at more than $1.9 million 13 months later. DPS acknowledged to the Arizona Republic that the DPS officer who requested the […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS : The Arizona Department of Public Safety (state police) just increased its order for 800 new taser from $800,000 to a new order for 1,000 newer-model Tasers and accessories at a cost of more than $1.9 million. – This was the decision of one man, Sgt. Bud Clark, who failed to declare […]
[[SUMMARY /COMMENTS: TASER Inc. is only one of numerous corporations lining up to help pay for the planned $80 million National Law Enforcement Museum in Washington DC. Since it was authorized by Congress in 2000, the museum project has become the centerpiece of a lucrative relationship in which public safety companies have aligned themselves with […]