Sgt. Greg Bingham, Taser Coordinator for Oakland Police Deptartment, "sparks" an Advanced Taser M26.
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Tased... and Abused?
February 15, 2006
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Are Tasers killing people? Are they being abused by police? And how are communities responding to what are marketed as less-lethal weapons?
On this edition, we take a look at the trouble over Taser International, the biggest brand name in stun gun technology. We'll hear from a number of sources close to the controversy: including law enforcement, activists, medical experts, company spokespeople, and one woman who says a Taser contributed to the death of her husband.
Featuring:
Scott Vermeer, Mountain View, CA police chief; Janleah Post, Mountain View, CA police officer; Barbara Goodwin, Mountain View resident; Sergeant Greg Bingham, Oakland, Calif. Police Department; Mona Cadena, field director, Amnesty International's Western Regional Office; Steve Tuttle, Taser International; Mark Schlosberg, director, ACLU of Northern California; Dr. Mark Kroll, Taser Scientific and Medical Advisory Board; Dr. Zian Tseng, cardiologist, University of California San Francisco Medical Center; Malaika Parker, director, Bay Area Police Watch; Virginia Yeagley, wife of man who died after being Tased; Joe Saunders, Yeagley's attorney; Laurie Fridell, professor, University of South Florida at Tampa; Edward Jackson, regional media director, Amnesty International; Bob Gruder, CEO, Stinger Systems.
This week's host: Justin Beck.
Contributing producer: Andrew Stelzer.
For more information:
Amnesty International USA
5 Penn Plaza
New York, NY 10001
212-807-8400; admin-us@aiusa.org
www.amnesty.org
ACLU of Northern California
1663 Mission Street, Suite 460
San Francisco, CA 94103
415-621-2493
www.aclunc.org
The Ella Baker Center
Bay Area Police Watch
344 40th Street
Oakland, CA 94609
510-428-3939
www.ellabakercenter.org/bapw/
Oakland Police Department
455 7th Street
Oakland, CA 94607
510-777-3333; webcop@oaklandpolice.com
www.oaklandpolice.com
Mountain View Police Department
1000 Villa Street
Mountain View, CA 94041
Public Information Officer, Jim Bennett
650-903-6357
Taser International, Inc.
17800 N. 85th Street
Scottsdale, AZ 85255-9603
800-978-2737; taser@taser.com
www.taser.com
Stinger Systems
2701 N. Rocky Point Drive, Suite 1130
Tampa, FL 33607
866-788-6746; info@stingersystems.com
www.stingersystems.com