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Taser Use of Force Matrix Survey 2002

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Agency

State

Totals
Chandler PD*
El Mirage PD*
Glendale PD
Phoenix PD
Pima County Sheriff's Dept
Tempe PD
Victoria PD CANADA
Chula Vista PD
Corona PD
El Centro PD
Escondido PD (after open hands)
Los Angeles County Sheriff's
Los Angeles PD
Monterey Park PD
Sacramento PD
Salinas PD
Univ of California Irvine PD
Edmonton, CANADA
Halifax PD CANADA
Ottawa PD CANADA
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Toronto PD CANADA
Denver PD
El Paso Co Sheriff's
Longmont PD
Loveland PD
Westminster PD
Glastonbury PD
Milford PD
Baytown PD
Brunswick PD
Flager Co Sheriff's
Leesburg PD
Marion County Sheriff's
Miami PD
Orange Co Sheriff's
Orlando PD
Port Orange PD
Sarasota Co Sheriff's
Titusville PD
Carrollton PD
University Heights PD
Danville PD (Pre-OC)
Morgan Co Sheriff's
Muncie PD
Olathe PD
Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office
Maryland Division of Correction
Montgomery Co Sheriff's
Bemidji PD
Carlton County Sheriff's
Columbia Heights PD
Melrose PD
Minneapolis PD
Rocherster PD
Spring Lake PD
Tracy PD
Greene County Sheriff's
Springfield PD
Albuquerque PD
New Mexico Nat'l Guard
New Mexico State Troopers
Open Space Rangers
Santa Anna PD
Henderson Marshall's Office
Reno PD
Akron PD
Canfield PD*
Gahanna PD
Muskingam County Sheriff's Office
Ohio State Troopers
Oklahoma City PD
Montreal PD CANADA
Hermiston PD
Oregon Dept of Public Safety Standards & Trng
Tigard PD

AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
BC
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CT
CT
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
GA
IA
IL
IN
IN
KS
LA
MD
MD
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MN
MO
MO
NM
NM
NM
NM
NM
NV
NV
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OK
ON
OR
OR
OR

Pepper Level or Before
84%

Above Pepper
9%

Impact Weapons
8%

76

8

7

91

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

Dec-02
Dec-02
Jan-03
Jan-03
Dec-02
Feb-03
Jan-03
Jan-03
Jan-03
Dec-02
Feb-03
Jan-03
Dec-02
Dec-02
Apr-03
Dec-02
Mar-03
Dec-02
Dec-02
Dec-02
Dec-02
Dec-02
Dec-02
Jan-03
Feb-03
Dec-02
Dec-02
Dec-02
Dec-02
Mar-03
Feb-03
Mar-03
Mar-03
Jan-03
Use of Force
Dec-02
Jan-03
Feb-03
Use of Force
Use of Force
Use of Force
Jan-03
Dec-02
Feb-03
Use of Force
Feb-03
Apr-03
Jan-03
Dec-02
Dec-02
Apr-03
Mar-03
Jan-03
Mar-03
Dec-02
Use of Force
Dec-02
Feb-03
Dec-02
Dec-02
Dec-02
Dec-02
Dec-02
Dec-02
Dec-02
Dec-02
Dec-02
Jan-03
Dec-02
Dec-02
Jan-03
Dec-02
Jan-03
Jan-03
Jan-03
Dec-02
Jan-03

*The M26 touch stun mode (no probes) is less or equal force to OC. The M26 used with probes is slightly higher than OC, but less or equal to impact force. Most justify this due to
higher risk of injury to the eye, face, throat, from a misplaced probe.

Umatilla PD
Beaufort PD*
Charlotte-Mecklenburg PD
Mitchell PD
Knoxville PD
Pulaski PD
Amarillo PD
Austin PD
St. George PD
Rockingham Co Sheriff's
Centralia PD
Monroe PD
Redmond PD
Seattle PD*
Washington Co Sheriff's
Monroe County Police

OR
SC
SC
SD
TN
TN
TX
TX
UT
VA
WA
WA
WA
WA
WA
WI

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

Apr-02
Dec-02
Dec-02
Jan-03
Dec-02
Feb-03
Dec-02
Dec-02
Dec-02
Mar-03
Jan-03
Jan-03
Dec-02
Dec-02
Jan-03
Apr-03

*The M26 touch stun mode (no probes) is less or equal force to OC. The M26 used with probes is slightly higher than OC, but less or equal to impact force. Most justify this due to
higher risk of injury to the eye, face, throat, from a misplaced probe.