SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., March 11, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- TASER International, Inc. (Nasdaq:TASR), a market leader in advanced electronic control devices released the following NEWS ALERT:
According to an article in the March 10, 2008 edition of the Post-Crescent, Appleton, WI, officers responded to a man who locked himself in a porch area of his home and was making suicidal threats with a large screwdriver pointed at his throat.
Officers were able to create a distraction and successfully used a TASER electronic control device (ECD) to have the man drop all weapons he was holding including a razor blade scraper.
According to the article, Police Chief Kevin Wilkinson said this was a good example of proper use of the TASER device in which an armed suspect was subdued without injury to himself or the officers on the scene.
The complete article is available at http://www.postcrescent.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200880310137
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