Atty General Dow Relaxes Stun Gun Rules In N.J.
TRENTON, N.J. (AP / WCBS 880) – New Jersey Attorney General Paula Dow has announced a new policy that lifts many restrictions on the use of stun guns by law enforcement. LISTEN: WCBS 880′s Kelly...
View ArticleFBI: No Indication Stun Gun Found On JetBlue Airliner Was Prop In Bigger Scheme
NEWARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — The Transportation Security Administration is investigating the discovery of a stun gun on board an airliner that landed at Newark Liberty International Airport. JetBlue...
View ArticlePolice: Man Armed With Box Cutters Shot By Officer In Queens
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Police responded to a 9-1-1 call about a domestic dispute on 21st Street and 27th Road in Queens early Wednesday morning. A 46-year-old woman alerted police that a 42-year-old...
View ArticleVideo: Fan Uses Illegal Stun Gun At Jets-Cowboys Game
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – Despite beefed up security efforts surrounding the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, a South Carolina man was arrested after allegedly using an illegal stun gun...
View ArticleGreen Lantern: ‘Stun Gun-Gate’ Has Exactly Zero To Do With Jets’ Rex
By Jeff Capellini, CBSNewYork/WFAN.com NEW YORK (WFAN) — I was going to let this go, but now feel compelled to clear up a few things. As you probably know by now, a man decided the prudent thing to do...
View ArticleNYCLU: Police Misusing Stun Guns Across New York State
NEW YORK (AP) - The New York Civil Liberties Union says that police forces across the state are misusing stun guns. The finding is based on an NYCLU study released Wednesday of 851 stun gun reports...
View ArticlePolice Looking For Trio Wanted For Tasering Then Robbing Victim On 1 Train
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Police are asking for the public’s help in finding three suspects wanted in a Bronx robbery. Authorities said the 24-year-old male victim was on a southbound “1″ train on July...
View ArticleRapper DJ Paul Arrested In Hell’s Kitchen For Allegedly Carrying Taser
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Academy Award-winning rapper and record producer DJ Paul was arrested this past weekend for allegedly carrying a stun gun in his pocket and an open can of beer in his hand....
View ArticleSuspect Charged With Hurling Anti-Gay Slur, Using Taser On Man In Queens
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A man has been charged with a hate crime in connection to an attack in Ridgewood, Queens, in which he allegedly shocked another man with a Taser while calling him an anti-gay...
View ArticleL.I. Armed Robbery Suspect Tased By Police
BELLPORT, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – A Long Island man has been arrested following an alleged armed robbery and a confrontation with police, authorities announced. According to police, Joseph Pittman...
View ArticlePolice Seek Suspect In Queens Park Taser Attack
NEW YORK(CBSNewYork) — Police have released a sketch of a man who is wanted for allegedly stunning and attempting to rape a female jogger in a Queens park. The man allegedly came up behind a woman in...
View ArticleMan Dies Following Altercation With Meriden, Conn. Police
MERIDEN, Conn. (CBSNewYork/AP) – State authorities are investigating Meriden police’s use of a stun gun on an injured man who later died. State police say the man was bleeding from his hands and acting...
View ArticleMan Tased By Suffolk Police Dies Following Altercation
MIDDLE ISLAND, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) – A “violent and uncontrollable” resident of a Long Island group home for the developmentally disabled died after officers used a Taser on him during a struggle, a...
View ArticleBergen County Police To Use Stun Guns
HACKENSACK, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) – Two dozen officers with the Bergen County Police Department have been authorized to carry stun guns. The county purchased 20 of the devices; half will go to patrol...
View ArticleReview Under Way After Bystanders Hit During Police-Involved Shooting Outside...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Officials are taking a close look at Saturday night’s police-involved shooting that left two bystanders wounded. As WCBS 880′s Paul Murnane reported, police sources said Glenn...
View Article86-Year-Old Brooklyn Man Says He Was Wrongfully Tased By Police
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A Brooklyn family is suing the city after an 86-year-old man claims he was wrongfully tased by police. Police came to John Antoine’s Crown Heights home after receiving a 911...
View ArticleCops: Thieves Tasered Woman, Fled Lower Manhattan Bail Office With $30,000
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Police are looking for two suspects wanted in an alleged taser attack and robbery that took place in Lower Manhattan. Just after 7 p.m. on Tuesday, two men entered the Manhattan...
View ArticlePolice Review Video In Which Officer Pulls Taser In Confrontation With High...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A controversial new video involving NYPD officers was under review Sunday. As WCBS 880’s Myles Miller reported, the video was captured on March 16 by CUNY Professor Alex Vitale....
View ArticleSchool Security Officer Arrested For Using Stun Gun On Student
NORMANDY, MO (CBS Local) – A Missouri school security officer has been arrested after allegedly using a stun gun on a 14-year-old student. According to reports, the head of school security at Normandy...
View ArticleVideo: Suspect Uses Police Taser On 3 Officers During Brooklyn Robbery
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A violent arrest in Brooklyn was caught on camera. Four NYPD officers tried to take down a robbery suspect who fought back, and then got hold of one of their Tasers. But the...
View ArticleMan Brandishing Knife Walks Into NYPD Precinct, Gets Brought Down With Taser
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Surveillance video shows an officer Tasing a man who walked into a police station with a knife. The incident happened Sunday inside the 40th Precinct in the Mott Haven section...
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