Taser Welcomes Report from Department of Defense

Taser welcomed the release by the United States Department of Defense of the full report... ... "Human Effectiveness and Risk Characterization of the Electromuscular Incapacitation Device - A Limited Analysis of the TASER." An executive summary for the report was released in the fall 2004. "This is the third major, independent safety study of TASER devices released in the past two weeks, following closely on the heels of studies from the government of the United Kingdom and the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies," commented Rick Smith, Chief Executive Officer of TASER International, Inc. "Yet, Amnesty International USA has stated in a press release this morning that they find independent studies 'elusive' -- accordingly, we have posted the full text of these studies on our website at