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Evolution of the Police TASER
There is no doubt that one of the most significant technological advances in law enforcement over the last twenty years has been the development and deployment of Electronic Control Devices (EDC’s) for less lethal suspect management. The father of the modern EDC was the late Dr. John “Jack” Higson Cover, Jr., a nuclear physicist and NASA scientist. He envisioned an electric weapon that could immobilize a person without the harm of a firearm. In 1974, Cover patented an ECD named after the 1911 novel Tom Swift and his Electric Rifle—hence the name TASER. Cover’s original TASER Systems TF-1 was classified as an NFA Title II weapon by the BATF based … Continue reading
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Tagged Air Taser, Electronic Control Device, Karbon Arms, PhaZZer, Police TASER, Police TASER Review, TASER International, TASER M26, TASER X2, TASER X26, Tasertron, Tom Swift and the Electric Rifle
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