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Archive Home > 2006 > February > 16 > Prineville officers to carry Tasers

Prineville officers to carry Tasers

Police get a sample of the new weapon

By Ernestine Bousquet / The Bulletin
February 16, 2006

PRINEVILLE - The Prineville Police Department recently started using gunlike Tasers, which shoot paralyzing electrical probes designed to stop a suspect in their tracks for five seconds at a time.

And just so they understood the power of their new weapons, Prineville police officers got shot....

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