TASER® Electronic Control Devices
(ECDs): Field Data and Risk
Management

The Field Results Are Nationwide
MONTANA
NORTH DAKOTA

WYOMING

Atlantic
Ocean

Monterreylil

THE BAHAMAS

REDUCE OFFICER AND SUSPECT INJURIES
BY STOPPING THREATS
FROM A SAFE DISTANCE
Reduction of Deputy Injuries
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Example: Orange County, FL Sheriff's Dept
Injuries to Deputies Dropped by 80% After Deploying the M26*
*Source: "TASER Works, so its use increases," Ripple, Amy C., Orlando Sentinel, July 29,2002

Phoenix PD AZ

First Top-10 City to Deploy to All Patrol Officers
Suspect Injuries
2004

67%

Glenn County Sheriff's Office CA
Suspect Injuries
2006

Officer Injuries
2006

0

0

• The Glenn County Sheriff's office uses the TASER
ECD equal to OC’s level of force
• During the 2006 year they deployed the TASER
14 times with no injury to officers or suspects
• All 14 times the TASER ECD was effective in
taking the suspects into custody

Hernando Co SO & Brooksville PD FL
Types of Arrests – Snapshot as of May 2006

• The Hernando Co Sheriff's Office has used TASER
ECDs 152 times in the past 2.5 years
• The Brooksville Police Department used TASER
ECDs 12 times in the past 12 months
• 30% of the cases involved suspects under the
influence of drugs or alcohol
• 20% of the deployments initiated as domestic
disputes
• 25% of TASER ECDs initiated with traffic
infractions or traffic stops

Hemet PD CA

Snapshot as of November 15, 2006

• Since 2005, the Hemet Police Department has
deployed 68 TASER X26s to patrol officers
– TASER X26s used about 12 times per month, and 30
percent of the time people surrender after seeing the
TASER X26

• Hemet Deputy Police Chief Tony Margis said they
have not lost an officer to an on-duty injury during a
physical confrontation since the TASER X26s were
issued
– One minor abrasion to a suspect who fell to the ground
has been reported

Putnam Co Sheriff’s FL
Deputy Injuries 2005: M26 for ALL Patrol Deputies

86%
• “Not only do TASERs help our officers, but we’ve
seen far fewer injuries to the persons being arrested,
because we’re not having to fight with them. So, it’s a
win-win situation for the officer, for the suspect being
arrested and for the taxpayers, because if we’re
injured or the suspect’s injured, that’s who’s paying
the bill,” said Sheriff Dean Kelly.

South Bend PD IN
Officer Injuries 2004

66%
• Since July 2003, TASER systems were deployed
632 times. No serious injuries have occurred
because of their use
• Over 200 TASER ECDs were deployed by patrol
officers and half of the city’s detectives. SBPD plans
to arm all 261 sworn officers by the end of this year.

FortWayneecom
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• During July 2003 – March 6, 2006, South Bend Police
Department deployed TASER ECDs 632 times in a city with
110,000 residents, said Gary Horvath, chief of community
relations. No serious injuries have occurred because of
TASER ECD use.
• “Before, we used to have officers who got broken hands or
broken arms – you name it – in physical altercations,”
Horvath said. “Nowadays, instead of having officers off for
six months for various broken bones, the worst thing we see
happening to officers are bad knees sustained in chasing
people.”
• Jolts from TASERs have at least twice prevented people
from killing themselves, Horvath said

Austin Police Dept Field Results
Officer Injuries 2004

Serious Suspect Injuries 2004

50%

82%

• 334 uses in 2004 with 1,000 TASER ECDs accounting
for 33.4% of all force reports
• “Much of this reduction (in injuries) can be
attributed to the availability of TASERs”
• Use of TASER ECDs has led to a decrease in
“physical contact between officers and subjects” and
“seems to have contributed to fewer injuries overall for
officers and fewer serious injuries for the suspects”

Charlotte-Mecklenburg PD NC
Officer Injuries 2004

Suspect Injuries 2004

59%

79%

• The report revealed at least 19 cases in which
officers faced subjects with weapons and were able
to get them under control using TASER ECDs
instead of escalating to deadly force

Cape Coral PD FL
Officer Injuries 2002-2004

93%

Suspect Injuries 2002-2004

68%

From memo… the rational for the (TASER) program is
clear. Officer and suspect injuries have been
reduced, deadly force encounters avoided, and
liability to the city reduced. It is recommended the
department continue with the (TASER) program as
designed and continue efforts for full deployment as
soon as practical.”

Topeka PD KS
Officer Injuries 2003

46%

Suspect Injuries 2003

41%

• "When an officer pulls the Taser out, people give up," said
Sgt Dave Thomas, “That happens a lot.”
• Thomas points to Topeka police records showing that in
2002, officers used force in 237 incidents. In 2002, there
were 14 injuries to officers and 35 to civilians, decreases of
46 percent and 41 percent. "That's significant," Thomas
said.
• The department now has 147 TASER X26 units

Sarasota PD FL
Officer Injuries 2006

65%
• In the first six months after the SPD began the X26,
the department saw a 65% drop in officer injuries as
of December 19, 2006
• In 2006, officers have been using them less because
the threat alone of being shocked is often enough to
force a resisting suspect into compliance

Leon County Sheriff's Office FL
Officer Injuries 2004

65%
• The number of injuries to LCSO Deputies
decreased about 65 percent after they were first
used in 2004
• LCSO Deputies state that since they began using
TASER devices three years ago, they've seen a
drop in having to use other kinds of force to make
arrests

Hialeah PD FL
Injury Data Snapshot October 2003 - November 2005

Out of 264 TASER ECD deployments no serious
officer injuries occurred while two officers received
minor injuries. Of the 264 incidents, 263 suspects did
not receive any serious injuries. Success rate: 95%.
Eight suspects received the following injuries.
• Laceration to his chin as he fell on the hood of a vehicle as
he resisted arrest and was subjected to a M26
• Laceration to the forehead as suspect fell to ground
• Four separate cases whereby the suspects received
lacerations to facial area from the falls
• Chipped tooth while struggling and hit furniture
• Received a gun shot wound

Rapid City PD SD
Officer Injuries 2007 – What Will Happen Here?

?%
• Rapid City CA PD Capt Steve Allender said that TASER
ECDs might lower the numbers of officers injured while
arresting violent or resistive suspects
• As of Dec. 11, 2006 Rapid City PD SD reported 63 on-duty
injuries, 36 of which were related to arresting violent
suspects including 91 suspects obstructing or resisting arrest
• Rapid City Officer Don Hedrick believes the TASER program
is worth the cost because injuries cost money, not only for
medical care but to cover shifts for officers who must be offduty while recovering

Omaha PD NE
Officer Injury Comparison 2003-2005
90
80
70
60
50

2003
2004
2005

40
30
20
10
0
Use of Force Injuries to Officers

• Deployment of only 59 TASER X26s over three shifts
and only 133 of 800 sworn officers trained to carry
TASER X26s

Omaha PD NE
Officer Injury Comparison 2003-2005
2003-2004

33%

Officer injuries
dropped 47% after
implementing the
TASER X26*

2004-2005

21%

2003-2005

47%
* Injuries to officers sustained during the physical arrest
of suspects

Garner PD NC
Since full deployment of the TASER X26 in 2004

Officer Injuries

Suspect Injuries

6%*

20%

Actual TASER Deployment Following
TASER ECD Draw From Holster

38%
* Suspect injuries went down 6% (GPD considers the
TASER application by itself to cause minor injury)

El Paso PD TX
Officer Assaults 2005 With 29,000 Yearly Arrests

59%
• In 2002, with no TASER systems deployed there were 506
officer assaults. In 2003, when nearly every officer carried a
TASER ECD, assaults on officers dropped to 378. By 2004,
the department reported fewer than 300 officer assaults. In
2005, police officials said they should be about equal to or
fewer than the 298 assaults reported in 2004 (59% decrease).
• Chief Richard Wiles said the decrease in assaults is beneficial
to the department and to taxpayers because it reduces workers
compensation claims filed by officers

Cincinnati PD
1,041 Field Results

Officer Injuries
2004

Suspect Injuries
2004

56%

35%

Traditional Overall
Citizen Complaints
Use of Force
2003
975 of 1050 officers
took volunteer
exposures with no
injuries

50%

50%

Columbus PD OH

6-month Field 2005 Results
Officer Injuries

23%

Citizen Complaints of
Prisoner Injuries
Excessive Force

24%

Impact Weapons

25%

OC Spray
Strikes, Punches & Kicks

25%

32%

38%

Columbus PD OH

2005 6-month Field Results
• There were 12 documented incidents where
subjects attempting suicide were stopped and
taken into custody preventing the deaths
• There were 14 incidents officers responded to
where deadly force was justified, but officers
were able to use time, distance, and barriers to
deploy the TASER system as the response verse
using deadly force to control the subjects

Concord Police Dept CA

Review of Field Results 2006 vs 2005
Officer Injuries

Suspect Significant
Injuries

Overall Use of Force

65%

0

21%

Impact
Weapons Use

34%

Physical Take Down

38%

OC Spray Use

100%

Toronto Police Services
2006 Field Results
Success Rate
6% Ineffective

94%
94% Effective

• Officer Injuries:
• Suspect Injuries:
• Statements of
Claims or Issues:

0
0
0

“The TASER has been
proven to be an effective
intermediate force option
for front-line policing in the
38%
de-escalation of violent
incidents and is being used
across the city of Toronto.”

San Jose PD CA

San Jose 2006 Year End Summary

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Madison PD WI Field Results
MPD’s Review of TASER Field Data from January 2005
• “MPD’s deployment of the TASER has reduced injuries to
officers and suspects resulting” from use-of-force
encounters”
• “MPD’s deployment of the TASER has reduced MPD
officers’ utilization of deadly force”
• “The TASER has proven to be a safe and effective use-offorce tool”
• “MPD officers are deploying the TASER in an appropriate
manner”
• Citizen complaints concerning TASER ECDs: 0
• Avoidance of lethal force by deploying TASER ECDs: 6

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Oakland Co Sheriff’s Office MI
Officer Injuries in
TASER Incidents

Excessive Force
Lawsuits

Suspect Injuries in
TASER Incidents

0

0

0

• Since 2003, 257 TASER X26 deployments with 93.3%
success since 2003 – mid-Sept 2006.
• TASER X26 is on the same force level as OC spray and is
assigned to every patrol officer for use.
• Since the TASER program started in 2003, no officers or
suspects have been injured during a TASER deployment and
there no excessive use of force lawsuits filed. (Prior to the
TASER program, the deputies were injured on a regular basis
with back injuries, broken hands, sprains, strains, etc.)

Long Beach PD CA Field Results
Internal Affairs Complaints July 2004 - June 2005

9%
• 78% field effectiveness
• 92% of the 342 TASER deployments resulted in
minor to no injuries
• Most frequently used tool when compared to arrest
control techniques and other impact weapons. 900
TASERs systems in field.

Long Beach, CA PD Field Results
July of 2004 - June of 2005
Injuries to Officers

25%

Liability claims

33%

• Despite 2% increase in arrests and an 8% increase in
overall use of force, arrest related injuries decreased 25%
• “Officers immediately acknowledged the TASER’s
usefulness and recognized the benefit to themselves, the
subjects they touch, and the community members who may
witness an altercation. (Source: Police Chief, Sept 2006)

Officer Involved Shootings

Use of Force Data
Orange County Sheriffs, Florida

# of Incidents

600
500

R
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400
300
200
100
0

Chemical

Physical 14
K9

# of Incidents

12
Impact Rounds
Batons
TASER

1999

2000

300

263

78

75

13
1

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2001

2002

Firearms Use
221

154

52

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Use of Force Data
Orange County Sheriffs, Florida

# of Incidents

600
500

R
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S
A
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400
300
200
100
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1999

2000

2001

2002

Chemical

300

263

221

154

Physical

78

75

52

70

0

1

2

K9

62

60

48

70

Batons

27

21

13

12

TASER

0

3

228

482

Impact Rounds

Year

-

Phoenix PD Field Results

First Top-10 City to Deploy to All Patrol Officers
(1,500 TASER ECDs)
Officer Involved Shootings in 2003 vs. 2002

54%

Oklahoma City PD Field Results
Officer Involved Shootings from 2001 to 2003
2002
2003

58%

15%

• Oklahoma City officers were involved in 12
shootings in 2000, in which 5 suspects were killed
• In 2001, the year Oklahoma City bought its TASER
ECDs, officer-involved shootings dropped to 7. That
number dropped to 5 in 2002, and there were 6 in
2003. Since then, 3 occurred in 2005 and 1 in
2006.

Seattle PD WA Field Results
Officer Involved Shootings in 2003 vs. Past 15 Years: Zero

100%
• For the first time in 15 years, the Seattle Police
Department did not have a single fatal shooting
involving an officer in year 2003 (0 shootings =
100% decline)
• "We think a large part of what happened in '03 was
a result of TASERs,“ said Seattle Police Chief R.
Gil Kerlikowske"

Miami PD FL Field Results
Physical Controls and Firearm Discharges
(These are not correlations)

Physical Controls
• 2000: 493
• 2001: 303
• 2002: 100
• 2003: 103

Firearm Discharges
2000: 24
2001: 18
2002: 12
2003: 0

El Paso PD TX
Field Results

SWAT Callouts

Officer Involved
Shootings

75%

66%

Number of SWAT
callouts went from 18
per year to 6 per year

Officer Involved
Shootings dropped
from average of 8 per
year to 2 per year.
In 2004 there were
none.

Houston PD TX Usage
• As of December 20, 2006, Houston Police Chief
Harold Hurt said TASER X26s were used 892
times between December 2004 and October
2006
• In 39 instances, officers involved would have
been justified in using deadly force instead of
stunning them, Hurtt said

Dallas PD TX: In 23 of 429 deployments, the TASER X26
prevented the high likelihood of deadly force since
October 28, 2005:
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11/2/04, EDP subject charged officers with a hammer.
12/28/04, aggravated robbery suspect armed with handgun; refused verbal commands.
1/1/05, disturbance call; man possibly armed with rifle, AP was armed with 12” saw and yelled at officers to
shoot him.
2/25/05, EDP subject held 8” blade butcher knife to his throat.
3/3/05, AP had handgun in his possession and fought with officers.
3/21/05, call on a man with a gun, as officers searched suspect he ran and dumped gun, before fighting with
officers who caught up with him.
4/2/05, during warrant, AP fought with officers, grabbed butcher knife and held to his own throat.
4/5/05, EDP suspect armed with scissors fought with officers.
4/16/05, AP threatened suicide with .380 handgun, set gun down and a TASER system was deployed when he
attempted to pick gun back up.
4/27/05, attempted suicide, charged officers and firemen with butcher knife raised above head.
5/10/05, aggravated robbery suspect, rammed officer’s vehicle and then fought with officers.
5/13/05, drug dealer ran from officers and stopped by a TASER ECD while holding gun in his hand trying to
flee.
5/22/05, AP turned toward officers while holding a .38 revolver.
5/29/05, EDP standing in street swinging a 30” sword while threatening police and citizens.
6/5/05, traffic stop, while fighting with officers had 9mm handgun fall from waistband.
6/12/05, suspect waiving gun in air, ran from police, when confronted took fighting stance.
6/25/05, drug induced suspect hid under bed covers and threatened officers that he had a gun.
7/5/05, fought with officers while he had a 7” blade butcher knife concealed in sock.
7/20/05, attempted to take officers weapon.
7/26/05, robbery by assault suspect (280 lbs.) fought with officers.
8/7/05, suspect armed with handgun while fighting officers.
9/7/05, suspect armed with knife while fighting police.
9/19/05, suspect armed with knife while fighting with police.

Workman’s Comp

Granite City Police Dept IL
Worker’s Comp Expenses
$740,172
$800,000
$700,000
$600,000
$500,000

TASER Introduced

$400,000
$300,000
$200,000

$-

$100,000

$-

$2001

2002

2003

2004

• 2002: At risk of being privately un-insurable
• TASER ECDs were 1 of 3 elements to eliminate
injuries for 2 years (data through Sept 2004)

Houston Police Dept TX
Worker’s Comp Expenses

• Officers deployed the TASER ECDs 1,332 times since
December 2004 as of September 2007
• In that time, workers compensation costs have dropped
from $2.2 million in 2004, to $738,000 in 2006
• HPD credits the change to a drop in the number of physical
confrontations officers have had with unarmed suspects in
that time

$2,126,200

Charlotte-Mecklenburg PD NC
Workers Compensation

31%

Peoria Police Dept IL
Workers Compensation Claims
1st full year of TASER ECD Program
Sept 2004 – Sept 2005

$180,000

Minneapolis PD MN

Comparison of Force Types
• 43.2% of physical force events in 326 incidents
resulted in subject injury (141) resulting in 36
officer injuries
• 20% of impact weapon strikes in 10 incidents
resulted in subject injury (2) with zero officer
injuries
• 5.8 % of TASER X26 deployments in 154
incidents resulted in subject injury (9) with zero
officer injuries

Minneapolis PD MN

Workers Comp Cost Associated
with Use of Force
Medical

2004
$23,461

2005
2006
$117,418 $34,060

Indemnity

$2,995

$43,454

Misc Exp.

$146

$177

$1,328
$0

These injuries are due to protracted physical
struggles with arrestees that resulted in joint
injuries and fractured bones

Minneapolis PD MN
Based on Minneapolis Report, TASER systems:
• Save lives
• Reduce injury
• Reduce citizen complaints
• Reduce Liability costs

Trotwood PD OH
Workers Compensation Expenditures 2006

• Only 1 Workers Compensation expenditure during
any arrests involving TASER system deployments
during Sept 1, 2005 – Oct 20, 2006
- 55 officers with 48 sworn officers
–Source: Trotwood Public Safety
Director/Deputy City Manager, at IACP Boston
Conference on October 16, 2006

Bridgeport Township PD MN
Seven sworn officers deploy 2 TASER X26 ECDs
with 1 TASER CAM
2006: 4 total TASER ECD incidents: 2 actual probe
deployments, 1 drive stun and 1 documented laser
display. No injuries to suspects or officers occurred
during these incidents.
2005: Eight TASER ECD incidents, five actual
probe deployments and three drive stuns.

Bridgeport Township PD MN
TASER X26 incidents decreased by 50% from 2005
to 2006.
The TASER Instructor doesn’t have any specific
statistics on officer or suspect injuries, but believes
“the physical altercations have decreased
dramatically. ”

Omaha PD NE
Workers Compensation Expenditures 2003-2004
$350,000.00
$300,000.00
$250,000.00
$200,000.00

2003

$150,000.00
$100,000.00

2004

$50,000.00
$0.00
Use of Force Injuries to Officers
Workers Compensation expenditures dropped 45% after implementing
the TASER X26*
* Injuries sustained during the physical arrest of a suspect.

Omaha PD NE

Workers Compensation Expenditures 2004
Details: Work Comp expenditures dropped by 74% in a 5 month
period after implementing the TASER X26*
$140,000.00
$120,000.00
$100,000.00

28 Injuries
$120,877

Jan-May

$80,000.00
$60,000.00

Jan-May

Jun-Dec

$40,000.00
$20,000.00
$0.00

29 Injuries Jun-Dec
$31,549
Us e of Force Injurie s to Office rs

* Expenditures for injuries sustained during the physical arrest of a suspect.

Arrests and TASER Reports

Ft Myers FL ‘04 Arrest Results
Lee County Sheriff’s Office
• 14,280 total arrests
• 328 arrestees resisted
• 310 incidents in which TASER system deployed (or
roughly two per every 100 arrests)

Ft Myers Police Department

15%

• 7,832 total arrests
• 577 arrestees resisted (267 required force)
• 105 incidents in which TASER system deployed
• "The TASER is the most effective tool that's ever been given to law enforcement,"
Lee Chitwood, Lee County Sheriff's Office said. “We think it's a valuable tool," he
said. "We're going to continue to use it."
• Both Fort Myers police and the sheriff's office assert there was no inappropriate
use of the TASER system in 2004.
• Investigations into two recent deaths are ongoing, but law enforcement officials
have said they believe the deceased displayed symptoms of excited delirium.

Colorado 2005 Stats Only
• Denver Police Department:
– 73 uses during 66,988 arrests. 0.1% of all arrests

• Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department:
– 23 uses during 10,825 arrests. 0.24% of all arrests

15%

• Grand Junction Police Department:

– 56 uses during 5,178 arrests. Approx 1% of all arrests.

• Pueblo Police Department:
– 31 uses during its 8,804 arrests. 0.35% of all arrests

• Mesa County Sheriff’s Department:
– 18 uses during 1,804 arrests. Approx 1% of all arrests.

• Montrose Police Department:
– 5 uses during 692 arrests. 0.7% of all arrests

Colorado 2005 Stats Only
• Rifle Police Department:
– Deployed TASER ECDs in 1.2% of its arrests

• Longmont Police Department:

15%

– Reported that TASER ECDs were used in 1.7% of its
arrests

• All other state law enforcement agencies
surveyed, with exception of the Longmont and
Rifle police departments, reported using TASER
ECDs in a lower percentage of arrests last year.
– Stats courtesy of: Mike Saccone, - Saturday, June 17th, 2006
“The Daily Sentinel” in Grand Junction, CO

Chico PD CA Study
• A current study by Chico Police Department
reveals the following from year 2003 (no TASER
ECDs) to 2004 (with TASER technology):

15%

– Officer injuries declined by 50%
– Suspect injuries declined by 16%
– Use of Force cases increased 53%

•

Source: “Executive summary: Report on the Use of Force incidents
at Chico Police Department 2003-2004”

Chico CA Police Study
In the years 2003 and 2004 combined:
Comparison of Injuries
TASER Technology Reduces Injuries
80%
70%

Suspect
Injured

79%

60%
50%

53%

40%

40%

20%

2%

2% 0%

Suspect
Taken to
Ground

0%

Baton

10%

Force Type

TASER
Deployed

30%

Officer
Injured /
Affected

Chico PD CA Study Findings
• All of the law enforcement departments surveyed
appear to have adequate training on the use of
TASER (systems)
• Injuries to suspects and officers have been minimal
with the use of TASER (systems)
• No deaths were reported as a result of a TASER
use
• TASER (systems) have been an effective option to
other types of force to reduce injuries to both peace
officers and suspects

15%

Omaha PD NE
250,000

911 Calls for
Service

200,000

Criminal
Arrests

150,000

TASER X26
Deployments

100,000
50,000
0
2003

2004

2005

TASER Programs Save
Costs & Lives
Michigan Municipal Risk Management Authority
(MMRA) Study:
• 40+ agencies
• 432 TASER system deployments
• 1 injury
• 0 claims related to the TASER system
• TASER systems reduced excessive force
litigation by 54%
• MMRA reimburses agencies for TASER
purchases

Steve Tuttle
Vice President of Communications
Email:
Phone:

Steve@TASER.com
480-905-2006