SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Feb. 15, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- TASER International, Inc. (Nasdaq:TASR), a market leader in advanced electronic control devices released the following News Alert:
According to an article in the February 15, 2007 edition of the Winfield Courier, the Cowley County Sheriff's Department and the Kansas Highway Patrol are crediting the use of a TASER(r) electronic control device for avoiding tragedy when a man was harming himself with a knife on Wednesday. http://winfieldcourier.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=22593&TM=49566.77
According to the article, officers from the Cowley County Sheriff's Department and the Kansas Highway Patrol responded to a rural Arkansas City residence to a call of a man who was threatening harm upon himself at his parents' residence.
"When the son found out the police had been called, he barricaded himself in the basement," Cowley County Undersheriff Don Read said.
After a few minutes, Capt. Bill Mueller with the Cowley County Sheriff's Department and troopers Nick Carter and Bob LeVelle with the Kansas Highway Patrol arrived at the scene and descended on the basement.
During a two hour long dialogue with officers, the man kept repeating his plea to harm himself. After two hours, the man began to harm himself with a knife, and it was in this distraction that a Kansas Highway Patrol officer deployed a TASER device and subdued him from further harming himself.
"The officers exhibited extreme patience and communication skills and should be commended for their professionalism in handling the incident," Read said. "We were fortunate his injuries were minimal and no officers were hurt either."
The complete article is available at: http://winfieldcourier.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=22593&TM=49566.77
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