You’ve seen the patent, and now it’s becoming a reality: yes, taser-proof vests are coming. The “Thor Shield” was designed for police officers but sure to be more popular amongst protesters and other ...

DECATUR, Ga. -- DeKalb County Police said several items, including a Taser and a SWAT shield, were taken from the unmarked vehicle of a sheriff's deputy. The break-in happened Monday at the deputy's ...

Pretty soon, cops won’t just be packing stun guns. They’ll be carrying electrically-charged riot shields, zapping the unruly without unholstering their weapons. That is, if the folks at Taser ...

Noah Schactman, who runs the Wired blog "Danger Room," discusses the latest in riot prevention gear, including electrified riot shields. Hey, don't tase me, bro. How about, don't get near me with your ...

A man who allegedly used his 2-year-old daughter as a defense from a police Taser faced a judge today. , 27-year-old Joseph Raymond Cox of Belleville was charged with child abuse after a dispute at ...

Police deployed a Taser after a man used a 2-year-old child as a human shield.Officers were called just after midnight to 97th and Binney streets for a domestic disturbance.When police arrived, the ...

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HANNIBAL, Mo. – Police said a northeast Missouri mother used her 1-year-old child to shield a man from a Taser during a confrontation with officers. The woman, 20, was charged with endangering the ...

A Maine man being pursued by police used a child to block himself from being tased, authorities said. York County police responded to a domestic disturbance call involving a man and his girlfriend ...

NASHVILLE (CN) - Prison guards killed an inmate by electrocuting him with a Taser for 10 minutes while they sat on him with a Taser shield and suffocated him, the man's mother claims in Federal Court.

against a police Taser has been ordered to stay away from the child and his ex-wife. Warren district Judge John Chmura on Thursday approved the no-contact order against 27-year-old Joseph Raymond Cox ...

A fleeing drug suspect used a 4-year-old boy “as an apparent shield” to avoid an officer’s Taser before the man was arrested Thursday night near Daytona Beach, the Volusia Sheriff’s Office said. The ...