He was walking to a pub to meet friends on Friday when the officer fired the Taser.
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"The Taser issue is controversial in Canada only in certain circles, but is mostly ignored by the mainstream public, " she said.
At least, that was the case at the Taser (TASR) booth in the South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Dr Shepherd said that the Taser was used more than an hour before Mr Burns went into cardiac arrest, so he ruled out a direct connection.
Two officers suffered minor injuries after the farmer ripped out the Taser barbed darts and had to be physically restrained until more officers arrived at the scene.
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So a while back the Justice Department funded a study to determine whether or not the Taser family of electrical weapons used by police are potentially lethal.
He is often portrayed as a late-night troubadour, but he avoids easy sentimentality by favoring images over confessions, and by privileging hidden artistic connections over the Taser of novelty.
The Defence Scientific Advisory Council's sub-committee on the Medical Implications of Less Lethal Weapons (DOMILL), an independent group of medical experts, has issued four statements on the medical implications of the use of the Taser.
The inquiry followed the revoking of the previous Taser supplier's licence after an "unauthorised" Taser was given to police during the Raoul Moat hunt.
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The MPs also question the adequacy of having "a monopoly supplier business model in police procurement" and note that the new official Taser supplier consists of "more or less identical personnel operating in the same premises with a near-duplicate website" as the former distributor.
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The BBC's Daniel Sandford said there had been three deaths in the US linked to the use of Taser, but none were proved.
"The police came pointing a Taser at him, telling him to get on the ground, " she said.
"The police came pointing a Taser at him, telling him to get on the ground, " she recalled by phone.
The man later sustained serious burns and police records indicated a Taser was deployed, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said.
Last month the force began a Taser trial with 28 officers in rural areas.
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Lancashire Police said it was investigating the incident and the officer's Taser had been withdrawn.
Two of the men were taken into custody with the use of a Taser but weren't hospitalized.
The IPCC confirmed a Taser, which delivers a 50, 000-volt electrical charge into targets to incapacitate them, was fired during the incident.
"Northamptonshire Police have concluded their investigation into the supply of X12 Taser guns and XREP ammunitions by Daventry-based Pro-Tect Systems Limited, " Supt Sean Bell said.
The force said that when this did not work, an officer used his Taser on one of the three.
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In September 2007 he subjected himself to a 50, 000 volt taser to test the effects.
The force's number of Taser trained officers will rise from 205 to 485 - an increase of 285.
Specially trained non-firearms police officers in Sussex will be able to use Taser stun guns, the force has said.
The airline said it would use Taser brand stun guns, which fire a connected projectile up to 15 feet away.
The southpaw sensation has perfected a short and stunning right-hook counter to the left jab as well as a taser-like left-hand counter.
The police watchdog is investigating whether a Taser electric stun gun ignited a flammable liquid which caused a man to be fatally burned.
Its view is that the risk of death from primary injury with a Taser is low and certainly very much lower than that from conventional firearms.
It turns out that a couple of key players leading the study already had an agenda in mind before they got started: Robert Stratbucker, one of the key advisors, is actually a paid consultant for Taser.
Taser was actually showing off some new products at the show.
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