Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Free
Faster access than browser!
 

Electroshock weapon

Index Electroshock weapon

An electroshock weapon is an incapacitating weapon. [1]

163 relations: ACT Policing, Aerosol, American Civil Liberties Union, Amnesty International, Annapolis, Maryland, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Association of Chief Police Officers, Athens International Airport, Australian Capital Territory, Australian Federal Police, Avon and Somerset Constabulary, Axon (company), Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland, Baton (law enforcement), Battery (crime), Bean bag, Bellingham, Washington, Bryan v. MacPherson, Buenos Aires Metropolitan Police, Bug zapper, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Caetano v. Massachusetts, Canadian Firearms Program, Capacitor, Cattle prod, Chicago, Chief police officer, Christopher Porrino, Concealed carry in the United States, Conseil d'État (France), Coulomb, Crawford County, Iowa, Critical Incident Response Team, Darius Rejali, Death of Beto Laudisio, Denison, Iowa, Devon and Cornwall Police, Diode, Electric battery, Electric current, Electric fence, Electrical injury, Electrode, Electrolaser, Federal Criminal Police Office (Germany), Firearm, Firearms Act 1968, Flashlight, Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ..., Garda Emergency Response Unit, Garda Regional Support Unit, Garda Síochána, Gendarmerie, Germany, Gun legislation in Germany, Gwent Police, Harford County, Maryland, Hellenic Police, Herald Sun, Hertz, Hollow-point bullet, Home Secretary, Hong Kong Police Force, Howard County, Maryland, Iceland, Injury, Israel Police, Jack Cover, L'Obs, Lincolnshire Police, Los Angeles Police Department, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Mechanix Illustrated, Merseyside Police, Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, Metropolitan Police Service, Michigan Court of Appeals, Military police, Mobile phone, Municipal Guards, Municipal police, Muscle, NASA, National Police (France), Neuromuscular junction, New Castle County, Delaware, New Orleans, New South Wales, New Straits Times, New Zealand Police, Newark, Delaware, North Wales Police, Northamptonshire Police, Northern Territory, Northumbria Police, Ocean City, Maryland, Oscillation, Overland Park, Kansas, Pain, Pepper spray, Phencyclidine, Philadelphia, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Piezoelectricity, Plasma (physics), Power inverter, Public Order and Riot Squad, Queensland, Remand (court procedure), Resonance, Rheinmetall, Robert Dziekański Taser incident, Rodney King, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Rubber bullet, Ruston, Washington, Second Amendment to the United States Constitution, Shield, Shotgun, Singapore Police Force, Smokeless powder, Sniper rifle, South Australia, Special Deployment Commando, Special Detective Unit, Special Emergency Response Team (Queensland), Specialist Response Group, State Protection Group, Strathclyde Police, Stun belt, Sunday Star-Times, Supreme Court of the United States, Svenska Dagbladet, SWAT, Sweden, Tacoma, Washington, Taser, Tasmania, Tasmania Police Special Operations Group, Territory Response Group, The New York Times, Theresa May, Tom Swift, Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle, Toronto Star, Torture, Transformer, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, United Kingdom, United Nations, United States Department of Defense, United States Virgin Islands, Vancouver International Airport, Victoria (Australia), Victoria Police Special Operations Group, Voltage multiplier, Water cannon, Weapon, West Yorkshire Police, Western Australia, Wilmington, Delaware, 2010 Northumbria Police manhunt. Expand index (113 more) »

ACT Policing

ACT Policing is the portfolio of the Australian Federal Police (AFP) responsible for providing policing services to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).

New!!: Electroshock weapon and ACT Policing · See more »

Aerosol

An aerosol is a suspension of fine solid particles or liquid droplets, in air or another gas.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Aerosol · See more »

American Civil Liberties Union

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a nonprofit organization whose stated mission is "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States." Officially nonpartisan, the organization has been supported and criticized by liberal and conservative organizations alike.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and American Civil Liberties Union · See more »

Amnesty International

Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is a London-based non-governmental organization focused on human rights.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Amnesty International · See more »

Annapolis, Maryland

Annapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Maryland, as well as the county seat of Anne Arundel County.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Annapolis, Maryland · See more »

Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Anne Arundel County is located in the U.S. state of Maryland.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Anne Arundel County, Maryland · See more »

Association of Chief Police Officers

The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), officially The Association of Chief Police Officers of England, Wales and Northern Ireland, was a not-for-profit private limited company that for many years led the development of policing practices in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Association of Chief Police Officers · See more »

Athens International Airport

Athens International Airport "Eleftherios Venizelos" (Διεθνής Αερολιμένας Αθηνών «Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος», Diethnís Aeroliménas Athinón "Elefthérios Venizélos"), commonly initialized as "AIA", began operation on 28 March 2001 and is the primary international airport that serves the city of Athens and the region of Attica.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Athens International Airport · See more »

Australian Capital Territory

The Australian Capital Territory (ACT; known as the Federal Capital Territory until 1938) is Australia's federal district, located in the south-east of the country and enclaved within the state of New South Wales.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Australian Capital Territory · See more »

Australian Federal Police

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is the principal federal law enforcement agency of the Australian Government with a unique role to investigate crime and to protect the national security of the Commonwealth of Australia.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Australian Federal Police · See more »

Avon and Somerset Constabulary

Avon and Somerset Constabulary is the territorial police force in England responsible for policing the county of Somerset and the now-defunct county of Avon, which includes the city and county of Bristol and the unitary authorities of Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Avon and Somerset Constabulary · See more »

Axon (company)

Axon (formerly TASER International) is a Scottsdale, Arizona-based company which develops technology and weapons products for law enforcement and civilians.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Axon (company) · See more »

Baltimore

Baltimore is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maryland, and the 30th-most populous city in the United States.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Baltimore · See more »

Baltimore County, Maryland

Baltimore County is located in the U.S. state of Maryland.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Baltimore County, Maryland · See more »

Baton (law enforcement)

A baton or truncheon is a roughly cylindrical club made of wood, rubber, plastic or metal.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Baton (law enforcement) · See more »

Battery (crime)

Battery is a criminal offense involving the unlawful physical acting upon a threat, distinct from assault which is the act of creating apprehension of such contact.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Battery (crime) · See more »

Bean bag

A bean bag (also beanbag) is a sealed bag containing dried beans, PVC pellets, expanded polystyrene, or expanded polypropylene.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Bean bag · See more »

Bellingham, Washington

Bellingham is the largest city in and the county seat of Whatcom County in the U.S. state of Washington.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Bellingham, Washington · See more »

Bryan v. MacPherson

Bryan v. McPherson, 630 F.3d 805 (9th Cir. 2009), was heard by United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in October 2009.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Bryan v. MacPherson · See more »

Buenos Aires Metropolitan Police

The Metropolitan Police was the police force under the authority of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires until it merged with the city's division of the Argentine Federal Police by creating the Buenos Aires City Police.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Buenos Aires Metropolitan Police · See more »

Bug zapper

A bug zapper, more formally called an electrical discharge insect control system, electric insect killer or (insect) electrocutor trap, is a device that attracts and kills flying insects that are attracted by light.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Bug zapper · See more »

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is a federal law enforcement organization within the United States Department of Justice.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives · See more »

Caetano v. Massachusetts

Caetano v. Massachusetts, 577 U.S. ___ (2016) was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States unanimously vacated a Massachusetts conviction of a woman who carried a stun gun for self-defense.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Caetano v. Massachusetts · See more »

Canadian Firearms Program

Canadian Firearms Program (CFP; Programme canadien des armes à feu, PCAF), formerly Canada Firearms Centre is a Canadian government program within the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Policing Support Services, responsible for licensing and regulating firearms in Canada.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Canadian Firearms Program · See more »

Capacitor

A capacitor is a passive two-terminal electrical component that stores potential energy in an electric field.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Capacitor · See more »

Cattle prod

A cattle prod, also called a stock prod, is a handheld device commonly used to make cattle or other livestock move by striking or poking them.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Cattle prod · See more »

Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Chicago · See more »

Chief police officer

Chief police officer is a phrase used in the United Kingdom to describe the position held by the most senior police officer in a police force.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Chief police officer · See more »

Christopher Porrino

Christopher S. Porrino (born October 20, 1967) is a nonpartisan American trial lawyer who served as the Attorney General of New Jersey from 2016 to 2018.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Christopher Porrino · See more »

Concealed carry in the United States

Concealed carry or carrying a concealed weapon (CCW), is the practice of carrying a weapon (such as a handgun) in public in a concealed manner, either on one's person or in close proximity.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Concealed carry in the United States · See more »

Conseil d'État (France)

In France, the Council of State (Conseil d'État) is a body of the French national government that acts both as legal adviser of the executive branch and as the supreme court for administrative justice.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Conseil d'État (France) · See more »

Coulomb

The coulomb (symbol: C) is the International System of Units (SI) unit of electric charge.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Coulomb · See more »

Crawford County, Iowa

Crawford County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Crawford County, Iowa · See more »

Critical Incident Response Team

The Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT) is a specialist unit of the Victoria Police that provides assistance to general duties police, including a negotiator capability, to resolve high risk incidents utilising specialist tactics and equipment.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Critical Incident Response Team · See more »

Darius Rejali

Professor Darius Rejali (born c. 1959) is an Iranian-born American academic specialized on torture, who teaches political science at Reed College.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Darius Rejali · See more »

Death of Beto Laudisio

Beto Laudisio, full name Roberto Laudisio Curti, was a 21-year-old man from São Paulo, Brazil.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Death of Beto Laudisio · See more »

Denison, Iowa

Denison is a city in Crawford County, Iowa, United States, along the Boyer River.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Denison, Iowa · See more »

Devon and Cornwall Police

Devon and Cornwall Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the counties of Devon and Cornwall, including the unitary authority areas of Plymouth, Torbay and the Isles of Scilly.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Devon and Cornwall Police · See more »

Diode

A diode is a two-terminal electronic component that conducts current primarily in one direction (asymmetric conductance); it has low (ideally zero) resistance in one direction, and high (ideally infinite) resistance in the other.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Diode · See more »

Electric battery

An electric battery is a device consisting of one or more electrochemical cells with external connections provided to power electrical devices such as flashlights, smartphones, and electric cars.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Electric battery · See more »

Electric current

An electric current is a flow of electric charge.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Electric current · See more »

Electric fence

An electric fence is a barrier that uses electric shocks to deter animals from crossing a boundary.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Electric fence · See more »

Electrical injury

Electrical injury is a physiological reaction caused by electric current passing through the (human) body.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Electrical injury · See more »

Electrode

An electrode is an electrical conductor used to make contact with a nonmetallic part of a circuit (e.g. a semiconductor, an electrolyte, a vacuum or air).

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Electrode · See more »

Electrolaser

An electrolaser is a type of electroshock weapon that is also a directed-energy weapon.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Electrolaser · See more »

Federal Criminal Police Office (Germany)

The Federal Criminal Police Office of Germany (in German:, abbreviated) is the federal investigative police agency of Germany, directly subordinated to the Federal Ministry of the Interior.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Federal Criminal Police Office (Germany) · See more »

Firearm

A firearm is a portable gun (a barreled ranged weapon) that inflicts damage on targets by launching one or more projectiles driven by rapidly expanding high-pressure gas produced by exothermic combustion (deflagration) of propellant within an ammunition cartridge.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Firearm · See more »

Firearms Act 1968

The Firearms Act 1968 is a UK Act of Parliament, controlling use and possession of firearms.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Firearms Act 1968 · See more »

Flashlight

A flashlight (more often called a torch outside North America) is a portable hand-held electric light.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Flashlight · See more »

Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Fourth Amendment (Amendment IV) to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights that prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution · See more »

Garda Emergency Response Unit

The Emergency Response Unit (ERU) (Aonad Práinnfhreagartha) is the elite Police Tactical Unit of the Garda Síochána, Ireland's national police and security service.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Garda Emergency Response Unit · See more »

Garda Regional Support Unit

Regional Support Units (RSU) (Aonad Tacaíochta Réigiúnach) are specialist armed response units of the Garda Síochána, the national police force of Ireland.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Garda Regional Support Unit · See more »

Garda Síochána

An Garda Síochána (meaning "the Guardian of the Peace"), more commonly referred to as the Gardaí ("Guardians") or "the Guards", is the police force of the Republic of Ireland.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Garda Síochána · See more »

Gendarmerie

Wrong info! --> A gendarmerie or gendarmery is a military component with jurisdiction in civil law enforcement.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Gendarmerie · See more »

Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Germany · See more »

Gun legislation in Germany

Gun legislation in Germany is regulated by the German Weapons Act (Waffengesetz) which adheres to the European Firearms Directive, first enacted in 1972, and superseded by the law of 2003, in force.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Gun legislation in Germany · See more »

Gwent Police

Gwent Police (Heddlu Gwent) is a territorial police force in Wales, responsible for policing the local authority areas of Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport and Torfaen.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Gwent Police · See more »

Harford County, Maryland

Harford County is a county in the U.S. state of Maryland.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Harford County, Maryland · See more »

Hellenic Police

The Hellenic Police (Ελληνική Αστυνομία, Elliniki Astynomia, abbreviated ΕΛ.ΑΣ.) is the national police service and the one of the three Security forces of Greece.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Hellenic Police · See more »

Herald Sun

The Herald Sun is a morning newspaper based in Melbourne, Australia published by The Herald and Weekly Times, a subsidiary of News Corp Australia, itself a subsidiary of News Corp. The Herald Sun primarily serves Victoria and shares many articles with other News Corporation daily newspapers, especially those from Australia. It is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and southern New South Wales such as the Riverina and NSW South Coast, and is available digitally through its website and apps. In March 2009, the paper had a daily circulation of 530,000 from Monday to Friday.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Herald Sun · See more »

Hertz

The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the derived unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI) and is defined as one cycle per second.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Hertz · See more »

Hollow-point bullet

A hollow-point bullet is an expanding bullet that has a pit or hollowed out shape in its tip often intended to cause the bullet to expand upon entering a target as it penetrates and disrupts more tissue.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Hollow-point bullet · See more »

Home Secretary

Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, normally referred to as the Home Secretary, is a senior official as one of the Great Offices of State within Her Majesty's Government and head of the Home Office.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Home Secretary · See more »

Hong Kong Police Force

The Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) is the largest disciplined service under the Security Bureau of Hong Kong.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Hong Kong Police Force · See more »

Howard County, Maryland

Howard County is a county in the central part of the U.S. state of Maryland.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Howard County, Maryland · See more »

Iceland

Iceland is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic, with a population of and an area of, making it the most sparsely populated country in Europe.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Iceland · See more »

Injury

Injury, also known as physical trauma, is damage to the body caused by external force.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Injury · See more »

Israel Police

The Israel Police (Mišteret Yisra'el; Shurtat Isrāʼīl) is the civilian police force of Israel.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Israel Police · See more »

Jack Cover

John "Jack" Higson Cover Jr. (April 6, 1920 – February 7, 2009) was the inventor of the Taser stun gun.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Jack Cover · See more »

L'Obs

L’Obs, previously known as Le Nouvel Observateur (1964–2014), is a weekly French news magazine.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and L'Obs · See more »

Lincolnshire Police

Lincolnshire Police is the territorial police force covering the non-metropolitan county of Lincolnshire in the East Midlands of England.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Lincolnshire Police · See more »

Los Angeles Police Department

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), officially the City of Los Angeles Police Department, is the police department of Los Angeles.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Los Angeles Police Department · See more »

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) is the highest court in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · See more »

Mechanix Illustrated

Mechanix Illustrated is an American magazine published by John August Media, LLC, and hosted at TechnicaCuriosa.com.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Mechanix Illustrated · See more »

Merseyside Police

Merseyside Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing Merseyside in North West England.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Merseyside Police · See more »

Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia

The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), officially the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia (MPDC), is the law enforcement agency for the city of Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia · See more »

Metropolitan Police Service

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), commonly known as the Metropolitan Police and informally as the Met, is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement in Greater London, excluding the "square mile" of the City of London, which is the responsibility of the City of London Police.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Metropolitan Police Service · See more »

Michigan Court of Appeals

The Michigan Court of Appeals is the intermediate-level appellate court of the state of Michigan.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Michigan Court of Appeals · See more »

Military police

Military police (MP) are law enforcement agencies connected with, or part of, the military of a state.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Military police · See more »

Mobile phone

A mobile phone, known as a cell phone in North America, is a portable telephone that can make and receive calls over a radio frequency link while the user is moving within a telephone service area.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Mobile phone · See more »

Municipal Guards

Municipal Guards (Guardas Municipais, singular: Guarda Municipal), also called the Municipal Civil Guards (Guardas Civis Municipais, singular: Municipal Civil Guard), are the security forces of municipalities (cities) of Brazil.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Municipal Guards · See more »

Municipal police

Municipal police are law enforcement agencies that are under the control of local government.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Municipal police · See more »

Muscle

Muscle is a soft tissue found in most animals.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Muscle · See more »

NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and NASA · See more »

National Police (France)

The National Police (Police nationale), formerly known as the Sûreté nationale, is one of two national police forces, along with the National Gendarmerie, and the main civil law enforcement agency of France, with primary jurisdiction in cities and large towns.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and National Police (France) · See more »

Neuromuscular junction

A neuromuscular junction (or myoneural junction) is a chemical synapse formed by the contact between a motor neuron and a muscle fiber.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Neuromuscular junction · See more »

New Castle County, Delaware

New Castle County is the northernmost of the three counties of the U.S. state of Delaware.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and New Castle County, Delaware · See more »

New Orleans

New Orleans (. Merriam-Webster.; La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and New Orleans · See more »

New South Wales

New South Wales (abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of:Australia.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and New South Wales · See more »

New Straits Times

The New Straits Times is an English-language newspaper published in Malaysia.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and New Straits Times · See more »

New Zealand Police

The New Zealand Police (Ngā Pirihimana o Aotearoa) is the national police force of New Zealand, responsible for enforcing criminal law, enhancing public safety, maintaining order and keeping the peace throughout New Zealand.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and New Zealand Police · See more »

Newark, Delaware

NewarkNot as in Newark, New Jersey.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Newark, Delaware · See more »

North Wales Police

North Wales Police (Heddlu Gogledd Cymru) is the territorial police force responsible for policing North Wales.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and North Wales Police · See more »

Northamptonshire Police

The Northamptonshire Police (colloquially known as Northants Police) is a territorial police force responsible for policing the county of Northamptonshire in the East Midlands of England, in the United Kingdom.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Northamptonshire Police · See more »

Northern Territory

The Northern Territory (abbreviated as NT) is a federal Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Northern Territory · See more »

Northumbria Police

Northumbria Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the areas of Northumberland and Tyne and Wear in North East England.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Northumbria Police · See more »

Ocean City, Maryland

Ocean City, Maryland (OC or OCMD), officially the Town of Ocean City, is an Atlantic resort town in Worcester County, Maryland.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Ocean City, Maryland · See more »

Oscillation

Oscillation is the repetitive variation, typically in time, of some measure about a central value (often a point of equilibrium) or between two or more different states.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Oscillation · See more »

Overland Park, Kansas

Overland Park is the second most populous city in the U.S. state of Kansas.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Overland Park, Kansas · See more »

Pain

Pain is a distressing feeling often caused by intense or damaging stimuli.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Pain · See more »

Pepper spray

Pepper spray (also known as capsicum spray) is a lachrymatory agent (a chemical compound that irritates the eyes to cause tears, pain, and temporary blindness) used in policing, riot control, crowd control, and self-defense, including defense against dogs and bears.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Pepper spray · See more »

Phencyclidine

Phencyclidine (PCP), also known as angel dust among other names, is a drug used for its mind altering effects.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Phencyclidine · See more »

Philadelphia

Philadelphia is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Philadelphia · See more »

Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt

The Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) is the national metrology institute of the Federal Republic of Germany, with scientific and technical service tasks.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt · See more »

Piezoelectricity

Piezoelectricity is the electric charge that accumulates in certain solid materials (such as crystals, certain ceramics, and biological matter such as bone, DNA and various proteins) in response to applied mechanical stress.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Piezoelectricity · See more »

Plasma (physics)

Plasma (Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek English Lexicon, on Perseus) is one of the four fundamental states of matter, and was first described by chemist Irving Langmuir in the 1920s.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Plasma (physics) · See more »

Power inverter

A power inverter, or inverter, is an electronic device or circuitry that changes direct current (DC) to alternating current (AC).

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Power inverter · See more »

Public Order and Riot Squad

The Public Order and Riot Squad (PORS) is the full-time 'riot squad' of the New South Wales Police Force.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Public Order and Riot Squad · See more »

Queensland

Queensland (abbreviated as Qld) is the second-largest and third-most populous state in the Commonwealth of Australia.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Queensland · See more »

Remand (court procedure)

The remand court procedure is used by higher courts to send cases back to lower courts for further action.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Remand (court procedure) · See more »

Resonance

In physics, resonance is a phenomenon in which a vibrating system or external force drives another system to oscillate with greater amplitude at specific frequencies.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Resonance · See more »

Rheinmetall

Rheinmetall AG has a presence in two corporate sectors (automotive and defence) with six divisions, and is headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Rheinmetall · See more »

Robert Dziekański Taser incident

Robert Dziekański, (April 15, 1967 – October 14, 2007) was a Polish immigrant to Canada who was killed on October 14, 2007, during an arrest at the Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, British Columbia.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Robert Dziekański Taser incident · See more »

Rodney King

Rodney Glen King (April 2, 1965 – June 17, 2012) was an African-American taxi driver who became known internationally as the victim of Los Angeles Police Department brutality, after a videotape was released of several police officers beating him during his arrest on March 3, 1991.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Rodney King · See more »

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP; Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC), "Royal Gendarmerie of Canada"; colloquially known as The Mounties, and internally as "the Force") is the federal and national police force of Canada.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Royal Canadian Mounted Police · See more »

Rubber bullet

Rubber bullets (also called rubber baton rounds) are rubber or rubber-coated projectiles that can be fired from either standard firearms or dedicated riot guns.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Rubber bullet · See more »

Ruston, Washington

Ruston is a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Ruston, Washington · See more »

Second Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Second Amendment (Amendment II) to the United States Constitution protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms and was adopted on December 15, 1791, as part of the first ten amendments contained in the Bill of Rights.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Second Amendment to the United States Constitution · See more »

Shield

A shield is a piece of personal armour held in the hand or mounted on the wrist or forearm.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Shield · See more »

Shotgun

A shotgun (also known as a scattergun, or historically as a fowling piece) is a firearm that is usually designed to be fired from the shoulder, which uses the energy of a fixed shell to fire a number of small spherical pellets called shot, or a solid projectile called a slug.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Shotgun · See more »

Singapore Police Force

The Singapore Police Force (Abbreviation: SPF; Pasukan Polis Singapura;; சிங்கப்பூர் காவல் துறை) is the main government agency tasked with maintaining law and order in the island city-state.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Singapore Police Force · See more »

Smokeless powder

Smokeless powder is the name given to a number of propellants used in firearms and artillery that produce negligible smoke when fired, unlike the black powder they replaced.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Smokeless powder · See more »

Sniper rifle

A sniper rifle is a high-precision rifle designed for sniper missions.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Sniper rifle · See more »

South Australia

South Australia (abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and South Australia · See more »

Special Deployment Commando

Spezialeinsatzkommandos (SEK; Special Deployment Commando) are specialized police tactical units of each of the sixteen German State Police forces.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Special Deployment Commando · See more »

Special Detective Unit

The Special Detective Unit (SDU) (Aonad Speisialta Bleachtaireachta) is the main domestic security agency of the Garda Síochána, the national police force of the Republic of Ireland, under the aegis of the Crime & Security Branch (CSB).

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Special Detective Unit · See more »

Special Emergency Response Team (Queensland)

Special Emergency Response Team (SERT) is the Police Tactical Group of the Queensland Police, Australia.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Special Emergency Response Team (Queensland) · See more »

Specialist Response Group

Specialist Response Group (SRG) is a highly trained police unit of the Australian Federal Police (AFP) consisting of a range of teams capable of deploying at short notice in order to undertake a variety of specialist policing tasks.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Specialist Response Group · See more »

State Protection Group

The State Protection Group (SPG) is part of the Specialist Operations division of the New South Wales Police Force, having been established in 1991 on NSW Police official site to deal with extraordinary policing responses.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and State Protection Group · See more »

Strathclyde Police

Strathclyde Police was the territorial police force responsible for the Scottish council areas of Argyll and Bute, City of Glasgow, East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire and West Dunbartonshire (The former Strathclyde local government region) between 1975 and 2013.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Strathclyde Police · See more »

Stun belt

A stun belt is a belt that is fastened around the subject's waist, leg, or arm that carries a battery and control pack, and contains features to stop the subject from unfastening or removing it.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Stun belt · See more »

Sunday Star-Times

The Sunday Star-Times is a New Zealand newspaper published each weekend by the Fairfax group in Auckland.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Sunday Star-Times · See more »

Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States (sometimes colloquially referred to by the acronym SCOTUS) is the highest federal court of the United States.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Supreme Court of the United States · See more »

Svenska Dagbladet

Svenska Dagbladet ("The Swedish Daily News"), abbreviated SvD, is a daily newspaper published in Stockholm, Sweden.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Svenska Dagbladet · See more »

SWAT

In the United States, a SWAT (Special Weapons And Tactics) team is a law enforcement unit which uses specialized or military equipment and tactics.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and SWAT · See more »

Sweden

Sweden (Sverige), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish), is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Sweden · See more »

Tacoma, Washington

Tacoma is a mid-sized urban port city and the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Tacoma, Washington · See more »

Taser

A Taser is a brand of electroshock weapon sold by Axon.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Taser · See more »

Tasmania

Tasmania (abbreviated as Tas and known colloquially as Tassie) is an island state of Australia.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Tasmania · See more »

Tasmania Police Special Operations Group

The Special Operations Group (SOG) is the Police Tactical Group of the Tasmania Police and is the only part-time police tactical group in Australia.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Tasmania Police Special Operations Group · See more »

Territory Response Group

The Territory Response Group (TRG) is the Police Tactical Group of the Northern Territory Police.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Territory Response Group · See more »

The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and The New York Times · See more »

Theresa May

Theresa Mary May (Brasier; born 1 October 1956) is a British politician serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since 2016.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Theresa May · See more »

Tom Swift

Tom Swift is the main character of five series of American juvenile science fiction and adventure novels that emphasize science, invention and technology.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Tom Swift · See more »

Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle

Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle; or, Daring Adventures in Elephant Land is a young adult novel written by Stratemeyer Syndicate writers using the pen name Victor Appleton.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle · See more »

Toronto Star

The Toronto Star is a Canadian broadsheet daily newspaper.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Toronto Star · See more »

Torture

Torture (from the Latin tortus, "twisted") is the act of deliberately inflicting physical or psychological pain in order to fulfill some desire of the torturer or compel some action from the victim.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Torture · See more »

Transformer

A transformer is a static electrical device that transfers electrical energy between two or more circuits through electromagnetic induction.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Transformer · See more »

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) is an independent agency of the United States government.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission · See more »

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and United Kingdom · See more »

United Nations

The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization tasked to promote international cooperation and to create and maintain international order.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and United Nations · See more »

United States Department of Defense

The Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD, or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government of the United States charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government concerned directly with national security and the United States Armed Forces.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and United States Department of Defense · See more »

United States Virgin Islands

The United States Virgin Islands (USVI; also called the American Virgin Islands), officially the Virgin Islands of the United States, is a group of islands in the Caribbean that is an insular area of the United States located east of Puerto Rico.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and United States Virgin Islands · See more »

Vancouver International Airport

Vancouver International Airport is located on Sea Island in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, about from Downtown Vancouver.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Vancouver International Airport · See more »

Victoria (Australia)

Victoria (abbreviated as Vic) is a state in south-eastern Australia.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Victoria (Australia) · See more »

Victoria Police Special Operations Group

The Special Operations Group (SOG) is the Police Tactical Group of the Victoria Police who wear iconic black coveralls synonymous of the SOG.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Victoria Police Special Operations Group · See more »

Voltage multiplier

Villard cascade voltage multiplier. A voltage multiplier is an electrical circuit that converts AC electrical power from a lower voltage to a higher DC voltage, typically using a network of capacitors and diodes.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Voltage multiplier · See more »

Water cannon

A water cannon is a device that shoots a high-velocity stream of water.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Water cannon · See more »

Weapon

A weapon, arm or armament is any device used with intent to inflict damage or harm.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Weapon · See more »

West Yorkshire Police

West Yorkshire Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing West Yorkshire in England.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and West Yorkshire Police · See more »

Western Australia

Western Australia (abbreviated as WA) is a state occupying the entire western third of Australia.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Western Australia · See more »

Wilmington, Delaware

Wilmington (Lenape: Paxahakink, Pakehakink) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Delaware.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and Wilmington, Delaware · See more »

2010 Northumbria Police manhunt

A major police operation took place in July 2010 in Tyne and Wear and Northumberland, England, during which armed police officers under the command of the Northumbria Police force were deployed to apprehend Raoul Moat, a 37-year-old man from Newcastle upon Tyne who was on the run after shooting three people in two days.

New!!: Electroshock weapon and 2010 Northumbria Police manhunt · See more »

Redirects here:

"electro-shock device", Conducted electrical weapon, Conducted electrical weapon (CEW), Electric shock baton, Electric shock prod, Electric stun gun, Electro-shock device, Electroshock baton, Electroshock belt, Electroshock gun, ShockRound, Shockround, Shockrounds, Shooting stun gun, Stun Baton, Stun baton, Stunbaton, XREP, XREP Taser.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroshock_weapon

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »