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Last week the world was introduced to the TASER X3, the latest and most innovative handheld electronic control device (ECD) by TASER International. This is the first new handheld ECD since the introduction of the TASER X26 in 2003. No pictures yet of the new X3; but believe me, it’s very cool and chock full of incredibly complex features!

The official unveiling date is July 27 when we will publicly present the X3 at our annual TASER Conference in Fountain Hills, Ariz.

Since the announcement last week, we have been providing daily features and technological advancements of the TASER X3, which will continue until our unveiling on July 27. The TASER X3 has also taken on a persona on Facebook (www.Facebook.com/TASERX3) and Twitter (www.twitter.com/TASERX3) where the device is “sharing” more about its exciting new features. The X3 just may be the first law enforcement weapon to “launch itself” through interactive social media sites. The use of social media is a first for our company and we are giving away some pretty great swag such as TASER® hats, shirts, and tactical bags to those that follow its progress and announcements during July. The TASER X3 is definitely a more hip, media savvy ECD!

For those that need a re-cap of the X3 features revealed in just the first seven days, here they are: Read more…

Wow — it has been a busy week! In the past two days, TASER International has made two major announcements.

The inner workings of a TASER XREP shell

Yesterday, TASER announced the new handheld multi-shot electronic control device (ECD) called TASER X3™, which will be officially released at the annual TASER Conference on July 27 in Fountain Hills, Ariz. This is the first new handheld ECD since the introduction of the TASER X26 in 2003.

We will be providing 27 features/technological advancements of the TASER X3 over the next 27 days. To follow the X3’s daily technology releases, go to:  www.TASERX3.com or follow on Twitter at www.Twitter.com/TASERX3 and on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/TASERX3.

Tuesday, TASER International announced that the TASER® eXtended Range Electronic Projectile (XREP™) shotgun rounds and TASER® X12™ less-lethal shotgun by Mossberg® are now available.

The TASER X12 less-lethal shotgun by Mossberg

The X3 is the culmination of over four years of intense research and development and offers exponentially increased capabilities, including vastly enhanced data, networking, and communication functionality as well as enhanced safety features. TASER has made major investments over the past 24 months to bring a host of new products to market — including the AXON™ Tactical Computer, EVIDENCE.COM™, and the long awaited wireless TASER® XREP™. Our R&D Team has secretly worked on a parallel path to bring the X3 to reality. These innovative developments create an ecosystem of technologies that interface together to provide law enforcement never-before-possible, breakthrough capabilities.

The TASER® product family will provide our customers smarter, safer capabilities to better protect our officers and our communities.

In modern law enforcement, there’s no substitute for knowledge and experience. This Tuesday, April 28 and Wednesday, April 29, more than 130 of the most knowledgeable and experienced law enforcement professionals from some of the largest state and local law enforcement agencies in the country will descend upon Scottsdale, Arizona, to help shape the EVIDENCE.com revolution in secure interactive digital evidence collection and management solutions at the 2009 EVIDENCE.com Technology Summit. 

This two day workshop will bring together key thought-leadership from the law enforcement community to explore how rapidly evolving Web 3.0 technologies can be applied to the challenges of secure digital evidence management, analytics, and inter-agency collaboration.

EVIDENCE.com, along with the previously announced TASER® AXON™ on-officer tactical computer, form a major platform computing initiative utilizing advanced Web 3.0 technology to create an integrated end-to-end solution that seamlessly captures, stores securely, and analyzes digital evidence and information in ways never before possible, preserving a pristine evidentiary chain of custody from the time the evidence was captured all the way through the judicial process. In effect, EVIDENCE.com is bringing Software as a Service (SaaS) for the first time to main street, public safety and law enforcement.

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“Challenging times favor the strong and bold. Our company’s financial condition is, indeed, strong. Our ideas and our people are innovative, and our thinking is bold.”    

Yesterday, TASER International reported earnings for first quarter 2009. While I’m proud of many accomplishments this past quarter, the announcement of EVIDENCE.com stands out as a significant milestone in the evolution of the company. TASER International is now primed to provide a complete solution set to law enforcement’s most challenging problems.   

Out in the streets, when lives are at stake, our family of TASER® ECDs provides the safest, most effective option for officers to respond to resistance. The TASER® AXON™ Tactical Computer, which was announced last summer, will streamline the collection and analysis of evidence, preserving an audio/video record from the officer’s perspective of what really happened during all incidents — from traffic stops to the most contentious and dangerous confrontations.

EVIDENCE.com will provide secure storage and groundbreaking analytic capability for digital information and evidence while preserving a pristine evidentiary chain of custody from time the evidence was captured all the way through the judicial process, until the last gavel drops. We are building this capability, through EVIDENCE.com, in a way that lays the foundation for a global, secure network for the law enforcement community.

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With all the attention lately focused on TASER 3.0 (AXON and EVIDENCE.com), it’s been easy to overlook the one new TASER product that is actually ready for deployment. It’s called the TASER® Shockwave™ and it’s the latest application of TASER solutions in NeuroMuscular Incapacitation technology.

The TASER Shockwave

The Shockwave is the first generation of TASER Remote Area Denial™ (TRAD) technology. At the push of a button, the Shockwave deploys multiple TASER cartridges across an area arc. The idea is to be able to control multiple targets from one source.

Initially, we see this product as being ideal for law enforcement crowd control, military checkpoints and correctional institutions. We hope to equip these segments with a new tool to deal with response to resistance situations.

The actual unit is not very big (about 3 feet high when fully stacked) and is not very heavy, making the Shockwave easy to transport. Each cartridge is deployed in a 20 degree arc with a distance of 25 feet. It’s capable of being operated  at a distance of up to 330 feet from the device via a Control Box. The NMI lasts for the standard five-seconds and can be reinitiated using the Re-Energize Button if need be.

While it may not be getting as much attention as some of the other TASER products that are coming to market later this year, the Shockwave is an effective new use of  TASER technology that is ready for action.

Over the years the Discovery Channel has been a great partner in helping demonstrate and explain TASER technology to its viewers. They’ve done some very well received features on popular shows like Future Weapons and Time Warp.

Most recently, they’ve featured the TASER XREP, or eXtended Range Electronic Projectile, on the popular website howstuffworks.com. It’s the first time that TASER technology has been packaged in a small projectile (12 gauge shotgun shell) with long range capabilities (about 75 feet). 

Check out the story at How Stuff Work’s site. They’ve done a remarkably thorough job.