You asked about four suspects, it is extremely rare for one officer to engage four suspects at once. Officers are trained to avoid such situations. However, it can happen and officers must plan and prepare for such an event, using all the resources available to them.

Andy asked about the weight in reference to the M series and the X26. Andy, the answer to your question is the weight of an ADVANCED TASER® M26™ is 19.2 ounces versus the triple-shot TASER® X3™ at 23 ounces.

Sgt. D, you asked about the different cycle lengths of the X3. I’ll do my best to explain it. If subject #1 gets hit with the X3 and than subject #2 gets hit 4 seconds later, #1 will get the first 4 seconds of their 5 second ride, but then when #2 gets hit, subject #1’s initial hit stops and gets the “Re-energize” of subject #2’s hit. So in that case, subject #1 will go for 9 seconds (4 second from the initial hit, plus 5 seconds from subject #2). Let’s say after 2 seconds of subject #1 receiving a hit, subject #2 and #3 receive hits as well. #1 will feel the effects for 7 seconds and #2 and #3 will receive 5 seconds.

Another component to the X3 is that there are three different modes to operate the system: Semi-automatic, manual or training mode.

For more information on the X3, check out http://www.TASERX3.com.