Here are some things know know about TASERs, which are often mistakenly called stun guns.
- TASER International has sold approximately 900,000 TASERs to 18,000 law enforcement and military agencies across the world.
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- TASER is an acronym for Thomas A. Swift's Electric Rifle, a nod by inventor John H. Cover to the Tom Swift books he loved as a child.
- The TASER uses two wire-tethered small darts that are shot using compressed nitrogen and attach to skin or clothing to deliver a pulsating electrical current that incapacitates the person who is shot.
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- A stun gun causes pain and must touch the target. A TASER is shot from a distance of up to 25 feet and temporarily overrides the nervous system and takes over muscular control.
- Dayton Police used the TASER in 103 of more than 143,000 documented encounters with citizens in 2016.
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- As with many law enforcement departments, training of Dayton Police recruits includes exposure to a TASER.
- TASERs have been used by law enforcement or military agencies 5.5 million times, including 2.2 million for training or voluntary applications. Sources: TASER International and Dayton Police Department.
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