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This work examines the effect of policy changes within the Use-of-Force Continuum on taser usage and officer's perceptions of taser effectiveness. Data from 890 encounters during two years were analyzed to examine how changes in policy have effected taser use. Findings support that after the change, the frequency of taser use decreased, while the levels of suspect resistance increased. The frequency and severity of suspect injuries did not change and the number of officers injured was unchanged. Officers perceived an increased risk of harm to themselves as a result of the change, but this was

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Negative sentiment regarding conducted energy weapons is due largely to a lack of understanding about the technology behind such weapons and a misunderstanding of those weapons' physiological effects. Media accounts that speculatively associate sudden in-custody deaths with the use of conducted energy weapons only add to the confusion. TASER ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICES AND SUDDEN IN-CUSTODY DEATH documents 310 deaths in the United States proximate to the application of TASER electronic control devices from 1983 through 2006. The study examines the phenomenon of sudden death as it relates to ele

Restraint of prisoners --- Prisoners --- Stun guns --- Nonlethal weapons --- Death --- Evaluation.

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Gun control --- Firearms --- Guns --- Small arms --- Weapons --- Shooting --- Control of guns --- Firearms control --- Handgun control --- Safety measures --- Design and construction --- Government policy

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Firearms --- Gun control --- Control of guns --- Firearms control --- Handgun control --- Guns --- Small arms --- Weapons --- Shooting --- Law and legislation --- Government policy --- Concealed weapons

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World War, 1939-1945 --- Railway artillery --- Artillery, Railway --- Railway guns --- Artillery --- Ordnance --- Artillery operations, German. --- History