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Canada's national police force should end its controversial ...

(CBC) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:28:07 GMT

(CBC) - Canada's national police force should end its controversial use of stun guns, former RCMP commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli says.

A taser X26 model is demonstrated at a trade show for the Canadian ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:22:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A taser X26 model is demonstrated at a trade show for the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police in Montreal August 26, 2008. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi (CANADA)

A taser X26 model and cartridges are displayed at a trade show ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:20:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A taser X26 model and cartridges are displayed at a trade show for the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police in Montreal August 26, 2008. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi (CANADA)

Brian Black of Taser International demonstrates their X26 model ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:18:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Brian Black of Taser International demonstrates their X26 model at a trade show for the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police in Montreal August 26, 2008. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi (CANADA)

Brian Black of Taser International displays a prototype for ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:15:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Brian Black of Taser International displays a prototype for a TASER eXtended Range Electronic Projectile (XREP), the 12-gauge wireless neuro muscular incapacitation projectile, at a trade show for the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police in Montreal August 26, 2008. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi (CANADA)

The electronic stun-gun is the preferred restraint weapon of ...

(CBC) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:32:21 GMT

(CBC) - The electronic stun-gun is the preferred restraint weapon of choice for Calgary police officers, and it's also one of the safest, a new study finds.

A man remained in hospital Monday following an assault by more ...

(CBC) — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:45:18 GMT

(CBC) - A man remained in hospital Monday following an assault by more than a dozen men using Tasers, a broken beer bottle and their fists early Sunday morning at an eighth-floor hotel room in Gatineau's Hull district.

A Manitoba teen is alleging police officers stunned her with ...

(CBC) — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:36:09 GMT

(CBC) - A Manitoba teen is alleging police officers stunned her with a Taser three times in a jail cell following her arrest by RCMP earlier that evening.

A confrontation in a back lane in inner-city Winnipeg ended ...

(CBC) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:09:12 GMT

(CBC) - A confrontation in a back lane in inner-city Winnipeg ended in the city's first Taser-related death Tuesday, police said.

People in Robert Dziekanski's hometown in Poland gathered on ...

(CBC) — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:28:10 GMT

(CBC) - People in Robert Dziekanski's hometown in Poland gathered on Saturday to remember the 42-year-old man, who died last October after RCMP officers jolted him with a stun gun at Vancouver International Airport.

The grave of Robert Dziekanski is seen at a cemetery in Pieszyce, ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:42:00 GMT

(Reuters) - The grave of Robert Dziekanski is seen at a cemetery in Pieszyce, Southern Poland, July 19, 2008. Dziekanski died after police shot him with a Taser stun gun and restrained him at Vancouver airport. The incident was caught on video by another passenger and broadcast around the world. The tomb stone says 'Died tragically in Canada on October 14, 2007'. REUTERS/Dariusz Gdesz (POLAND). NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS.

Zofia Cisowski stands by the grave of her son Robert Dziekanski ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:36:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Zofia Cisowski stands by the grave of her son Robert Dziekanski at a cemetery in Pieszyce, Southern Poland, July 19, 2008. Dziekanski died after police shot him with a Taser stun gun and restrained him at Vancouver airport. The incident was caught on video by another passenger and broadcast around the world. REUTERS/Dariusz Gdesz (POLAND). NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS.

Zofia Cisowski, mother of Robert Dziekanski, cries during the ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:32:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Zofia Cisowski, mother of Robert Dziekanski, cries during the funeral of her son at a church in Pieszyce, Southern Poland July 19, 2008. Dziekanski died after police shot him with a Taser stun gun and restrained him at Vancouver airport. The incident was caught on video by another passenger and broadcast around the world. REUTERS/Dariusz Gdesz (POLAND). NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS.

Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski (R) is seen in the arrivals ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:10:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski (R) is seen in the arrivals area of the Vancouver airport in this video grab on October 14, 2007. REUTERS/Paul Pritchard/Handout

Documents obtained by CBC News cast doubt on the RCMP's sincerity ...

(CBC) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:23:00 GMT

(CBC) - Documents obtained by CBC News cast doubt on the RCMP's sincerity in vows to get to the bottom of the Taser-related death of Robert Dziekanski, according to a civil rights group and the lawyer for Dziekanski's family.

Documents obtained by CBC News cast doubt on the RCMP's sincerity ...

(CBC) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:08:10 GMT

(CBC) - Documents obtained by CBC News cast doubt on the RCMP's sincerity to get to the bottom of the Taser-related death of Robert Dziekanski, a case that ignited international debate and put the force under intense scrutiny.

Chairman Paul Kennedy released a final report echoing his interim ...

(The Canadian Press) — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:32:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Chairman Paul Kennedy released a final report echoing his interim call to limit Tasers to clashes where suspects are combative or risk serious harm to themselves, the police or the public. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tom Hanson

RCMP members with less than five years of operational experience ...

(CBC) — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:56:07 GMT

(CBC) - RCMP members with less than five years of operational experience should be prohibited from using Taser stun guns, the force's watchdog said Wednesday, adding that any individuals zapped by the Mounties should receive immediate medical attention.

Paul Kennedy, the RCMP complaints commission chairman, refers ...

(The Canadian Press) — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:08:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Paul Kennedy, the RCMP complaints commission chairman, refers to the two prongs on a Taser as he discusses his final report on the RCMP's use of the Conductive Energy Weapon, commonly refered to as a Taser, at a news conference in Ottawa Wednesday June 18, 2008. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tom Hanson

Paul Kennedy, chair of the Commission for Public Complaints ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:52:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Paul Kennedy, chair of the Commission for Public Complaints Against the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, speaks during a news conference on the release of his report in Ottawa June 18, 2008. REUTERS/Chris Wattie (CANADA)

Paul Kennedy, chair of the Commission for Public Complaints ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:46:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Paul Kennedy, chair of the Commission for Public Complaints Against the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, leaves a news conference on the release of his report in Ottawa June 18, 2008. REUTERS/Chris Wattie (CANADA)

A TASER C2, spent cartridges and the probes that are attached ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:12:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A TASER C2, spent cartridges and the probes that are attached to the insulated conductive wires fired from the stun device lie on the dining room table in Phoenix, Arizona, May 22, 2008. REUTERS/Jeff Topping

Germain Quesnel who used to be a truck driver, alleges RCMP ...

(The Canadian Press) — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:18:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Germain Quesnel who used to be a truck driver, alleges RCMP used a taser on him in 2003 and he's been on a disability pension ever since. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Homicide investigators in Metro Vancouver are not confirming ...

(CBC) — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:01:14 GMT

(CBC) - Homicide investigators in Metro Vancouver are not confirming reports that they have recommended no charges be laid against any police officers in the death of a Polish immigrant in a Taser incident at Vancouver International Airport last year.

Homicide investigators in Metro Vancouver said Tuesday that ...

(CBC) — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:01:14 GMT

(CBC) - Homicide investigators in Metro Vancouver said Tuesday that contrary to media reports, they have made no recommendation about whether charges should be laid against any police officers in connection with the death of a Polish immigrant in a Taser incident at Vancouver International Airport last year.

Multiple firings of stun guns by RCMP are not as routine on ...

(CBC) — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:29:34 GMT

(CBC) - Multiple firings of stun guns by RCMP are not as routine on P.E.I. as a CBC investigation shows, Mounties on the island say, but the use of the weapon is more frequent than previously thought.

A demonstrator attends a rally in memory of Robert Dziekanski ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:52:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A demonstrator attends a rally in memory of Robert Dziekanski in Vancouver, British Columbia, November 24, 2007. Canada's federal police watchdog has delayed a report expected to raise concerns about the use of electronic stun guns so the government can have more time to look at the report's findings, an official said on Thursday. REUTERS/Lyle Stafford

RCMP officers are likely to fire their stun guns multiple times ...

(CBC) — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:42:44 GMT

(CBC) - RCMP officers are likely to fire their stun guns multiple times during an altercation, despite a policy that warns it may pose health risks, according to a joint investigation conducted by CBC News/Radio Canada and the Canadian Press.

RCMP officers are likely to fire their electronic stun guns ...

(CBC) — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:42:44 GMT

(CBC) - RCMP officers are likely to fire their electronic stun guns multiple times during an altercation, despite a policy that warns it may pose health risks, according to a joint investigation by CBC News/Radio Canada and the Canadian Press.

The wife of a man killed by an RCMP officer near Williams Lake, ...

(CBC) — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:56:42 GMT

(CBC) - The wife of a man killed by an RCMP officer near Williams Lake, B.C., thinks all but one of a coroner's jury's recommendations are good ideas.

The wife of a man killed by an RCMP officer near Williams Lake, ...

(CBC) — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:56:42 GMT

(CBC) - The wife of a man killed by an RCMP officer near Williams Lake, B.C., thinks all but one of the recommendations made by the coroner's jury looking into the case are good ideas.