Electric charge. The case of Tazer lives and thrives
History create a taser. I don’t know how anyone, but I don’t really like American “life” movies, where good people sometimes have “unkind faces” and bad ones - on the contrary, “handsome” ones. I don’t like the fact that a black actor is necessarily per one white actor, and if the second actor is white, then the black one is the opposite, and vice versa. And their slum speech is simply annoying - all these “bro”, “dudes” ... I heard “theirs”, “with him”, “notable”, “read” here, and only hear it from other ethnic groups. accessories and do not want to. Whether the good old movie "Gone With the Wind" or "The River Without Return", or the 50 series about the lawyer Perry Mason. It's all there, like ... well, let's say the way I like it. But in one of these “realistic” movies I heard the phrase: “Do not tell me, bro,” and the white policeman turned black slum dweller. “Canadian wolf to you bro!” - I would answer him in the place of this cop, but in the era of universal tolerance this, of course, did not happen. I didn’t like everything that happened further, but I liked it weaponwhich this cop was holding in his hands is a taser. And of course, many people know everything about him today. But ... maybe try to tell about it again, relying on information from the American manufacturer of tasers?
And it was like this that XA NUMX, a former NASA worker Jack Cover, thought that, probably, it was not worthwhile to threaten a man with firearms, whom he was asked to stop when arrested. But he will not stop and then what to do? Shoot him? And if his wine is small - then how? In short, he wanted to create such a weapon, which would be quite portable, and at the same time could immobilize a person without causing him serious injuries. He worked for five years and in 1969, he made such a device and not only manufactured it, but managed to get a patent for it. Cover gave the name Taser to the new weapon (in honor of the hero of his favorite science fiction novel by Thomas Swift, who shot there with an electric rifle). But the patent seemed to him a little. And he began producing his tasers.
True, he immediately had to deal with legal chicaneism. Since in his model the cartridges with electrodes were activated with gunpowder, the government equated the taser with a firearm, the issue of which is not even so easy to organize in the States. However, Cover was a stubborn man and came up with a replacement for gunpowder. The new model has become pneumatic! Moreover, in 1994, a device was added to the taser with which it was possible to identify its place of use. The solution was simple, but effective: at the time of the shot, along with the departing electrodes, marked confetti was also thrown away, so it would have been easy for the police to identify the shooter.
In 1999, a model went on sale, which in addition to electric shock caused the affected neuromuscular contractions. In the further improvement of tasers went on the way of increasing their ammunition, and so no other innovations have appeared on them.
The taser is designed in such a way that each shot at the enemy can be fired from 1 to 3 cartridges. The cartridge itself consists of a pair of tiny arrow-shaped elements resembling harpoons, to which are attached thin copper wires going to the actual taser. Shots occur, as in any airgun: from the stock of compressed gas (in this case it is nitrogen).
Swept elements stick into the clothes of the enemy so that they are very difficult to tear off, and electric current flows through the wires that pull from them. The supply of copper wire is enough for a distance of 11 meters. In urban conditions, it is not enough. It would be possible to increase the range, but then the “destructive power” of them will also increase, so the degree of damage will be greater. That is why they don’t want to increase it!
A striking factor in the action of a taser is the electrical charge, which is transmitted to the target just along these wires and sends an impulse to the brain. Well, and after that, in turn, it sends impulses to all the muscles on the body of the enemy, they cause their nervous contraction, which immobilizes it instantly.
Today, tasers are actively used by the American police in arresting violators of public order. A pair of taser shots and the strongest and most violent African-American becomes submissive and stop resisting. All of this is positive and much more acceptable when detaining offenders and criminals than shooting them with colts of 45 caliber. However, despite this, a number of special organizations are trying to limit or even completely eliminate the use of tasers.
For example, in the United States there is an organization that collects all cases of taser impact on victims that is excessive and dangerous for people. More than 34 000 such examples have already been collected. It is planned with all this to appeal to the Supreme Court in order to achieve a complete ban on such weapons. Moreover, it is very difficult to prove the redundancy of their impact, because, of course, a person who has been exposed to a taser evaluates it extremely subjectively. Many countries, such as Argentina, Hong Kong and Sweden, do not recognize the taser at all, and consider it to be a type of firearms. Tasers in them are prohibited and can not be used against citizens under any circumstances.
A similar ban on the purchase of tasers, as well as on their importation and use, exists in our country as well. Moreover, this prohibition has already existed since 1996.
It is clear that Kaver himself would have been difficult to expand the production of tasers, but in 1991 there were two Americans, Rick and Tom Smith, who created AIR TASER, Inc., and jointly developed a device on compressed nitrogen. After almost complete bankruptcy and the sale of other products, such as an electric car-based anti-theft system for cars, known as “Auto Taser,” the company, later renamed TASER International, finally introduced its sample TASER M1999 in 26. With a deficit of 2001 in millions of dollars in 6,8, TASER International was able to increase sales by applying an original marketing ploy: she offered to pay police officers to teach others how to use their products. This approach proved to be effective, and the deficit turned into a surplus, reaching 24,5 million US dollars of net sales by the 2003 year and almost 68 million US dollars in the 2004 year. As early as May 2001, the company began issuing shares and bidding on the stock exchange under the TASR symbol. Has got and competitors ...
Patent claims by TASER International led to the closure of competing firms such as Stinger Systems and its successor company, Karbon Arms. Interestingly, despite all the criticism and the decent number of deaths associated with the use of tasers, the company has managed to maintain its dominant position in the market and maintains it to this day.
However, the market is the market. His laws are harsh and you need to release something new all the time. In 2005, TASER International launched the production of additional accessories for its tasers, and in particular, a camera that is activated after removing it from the fuse, and removes everything that happens before the shooter. By October, the 2010 of the year sold at least 45 000 cameras to TASER, which was a record.
TASER CEO Rick Smith explains this success by saying that he was able to provide "revolutionary collection, storage and digital evidence for law enforcement." In 2009, after Attorney Daniel Shu rehabilitated Fort Smith's police officer Brandon Davis based on the company's camera records, and Davis and Shu themselves set out their reviews about the new product in the press, the production of the cameras went uphill. In addition, these cameras could be attached to anything that, for the police, who were often accused of excessive use of violence, turned out to be truly a magic wand.
In April 2013, the Rialto Police Department released the 12 month-long study on the use of new Axon Flex cameras. The study showed that complaints filed against officers decreased by 88%, and the number of cases of use of force by officers decreased by almost 60%.
TASER opened an office in Seattle in 2013, and an international office in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in May 2014. In June, 2015, the company announced the creation of a new unit in Seattle, known as Axon, which will cover the company's technology enterprises, including the production of television cameras. 5 April 2017, TASER announced its renaming to Axon, which is due to the expansion of its business. And in May 2018, Axon bought another competing company VieVu for 4,6 million dollars in cash and 2,5 million dollars for ordinary shares ... So the taser case is alive and well! The company's advertising brochure says that their “smart equipment” saved the lives of 140000 people. Then it's really great. Even if this figure is exaggerated by half!
US policeman with a taser
"And do you have to take a pea plant too?"
And it was like this that XA NUMX, a former NASA worker Jack Cover, thought that, probably, it was not worthwhile to threaten a man with firearms, whom he was asked to stop when arrested. But he will not stop and then what to do? Shoot him? And if his wine is small - then how? In short, he wanted to create such a weapon, which would be quite portable, and at the same time could immobilize a person without causing him serious injuries. He worked for five years and in 1969, he made such a device and not only manufactured it, but managed to get a patent for it. Cover gave the name Taser to the new weapon (in honor of the hero of his favorite science fiction novel by Thomas Swift, who shot there with an electric rifle). But the patent seemed to him a little. And he began producing his tasers.
True, he immediately had to deal with legal chicaneism. Since in his model the cartridges with electrodes were activated with gunpowder, the government equated the taser with a firearm, the issue of which is not even so easy to organize in the States. However, Cover was a stubborn man and came up with a replacement for gunpowder. The new model has become pneumatic! Moreover, in 1994, a device was added to the taser with which it was possible to identify its place of use. The solution was simple, but effective: at the time of the shot, along with the departing electrodes, marked confetti was also thrown away, so it would have been easy for the police to identify the shooter.
In 1999, a model went on sale, which in addition to electric shock caused the affected neuromuscular contractions. In the further improvement of tasers went on the way of increasing their ammunition, and so no other innovations have appeared on them.
"He shot once, he shot two ..."
The taser is designed in such a way that each shot at the enemy can be fired from 1 to 3 cartridges. The cartridge itself consists of a pair of tiny arrow-shaped elements resembling harpoons, to which are attached thin copper wires going to the actual taser. Shots occur, as in any airgun: from the stock of compressed gas (in this case it is nitrogen).
This is how he shoots!
Swept elements stick into the clothes of the enemy so that they are very difficult to tear off, and electric current flows through the wires that pull from them. The supply of copper wire is enough for a distance of 11 meters. In urban conditions, it is not enough. It would be possible to increase the range, but then the “destructive power” of them will also increase, so the degree of damage will be greater. That is why they don’t want to increase it!
A striking factor in the action of a taser is the electrical charge, which is transmitted to the target just along these wires and sends an impulse to the brain. Well, and after that, in turn, it sends impulses to all the muscles on the body of the enemy, they cause their nervous contraction, which immobilizes it instantly.
Today, tasers are actively used by the American police in arresting violators of public order. A pair of taser shots and the strongest and most violent African-American becomes submissive and stop resisting. All of this is positive and much more acceptable when detaining offenders and criminals than shooting them with colts of 45 caliber. However, despite this, a number of special organizations are trying to limit or even completely eliminate the use of tasers.
But there are those who oppose ...
For example, in the United States there is an organization that collects all cases of taser impact on victims that is excessive and dangerous for people. More than 34 000 such examples have already been collected. It is planned with all this to appeal to the Supreme Court in order to achieve a complete ban on such weapons. Moreover, it is very difficult to prove the redundancy of their impact, because, of course, a person who has been exposed to a taser evaluates it extremely subjectively. Many countries, such as Argentina, Hong Kong and Sweden, do not recognize the taser at all, and consider it to be a type of firearms. Tasers in them are prohibited and can not be used against citizens under any circumstances.
A similar ban on the purchase of tasers, as well as on their importation and use, exists in our country as well. Moreover, this prohibition has already existed since 1996.
First steps on the market
It is clear that Kaver himself would have been difficult to expand the production of tasers, but in 1991 there were two Americans, Rick and Tom Smith, who created AIR TASER, Inc., and jointly developed a device on compressed nitrogen. After almost complete bankruptcy and the sale of other products, such as an electric car-based anti-theft system for cars, known as “Auto Taser,” the company, later renamed TASER International, finally introduced its sample TASER M1999 in 26. With a deficit of 2001 in millions of dollars in 6,8, TASER International was able to increase sales by applying an original marketing ploy: she offered to pay police officers to teach others how to use their products. This approach proved to be effective, and the deficit turned into a surplus, reaching 24,5 million US dollars of net sales by the 2003 year and almost 68 million US dollars in the 2004 year. As early as May 2001, the company began issuing shares and bidding on the stock exchange under the TASR symbol. Has got and competitors ...
Patent claims by TASER International led to the closure of competing firms such as Stinger Systems and its successor company, Karbon Arms. Interestingly, despite all the criticism and the decent number of deaths associated with the use of tasers, the company has managed to maintain its dominant position in the market and maintains it to this day.
Shift towards cameras
However, the market is the market. His laws are harsh and you need to release something new all the time. In 2005, TASER International launched the production of additional accessories for its tasers, and in particular, a camera that is activated after removing it from the fuse, and removes everything that happens before the shooter. By October, the 2010 of the year sold at least 45 000 cameras to TASER, which was a record.
TASER CEO Rick Smith explains this success by saying that he was able to provide "revolutionary collection, storage and digital evidence for law enforcement." In 2009, after Attorney Daniel Shu rehabilitated Fort Smith's police officer Brandon Davis based on the company's camera records, and Davis and Shu themselves set out their reviews about the new product in the press, the production of the cameras went uphill. In addition, these cameras could be attached to anything that, for the police, who were often accused of excessive use of violence, turned out to be truly a magic wand.
The value of the product determines the market!
In April 2013, the Rialto Police Department released the 12 month-long study on the use of new Axon Flex cameras. The study showed that complaints filed against officers decreased by 88%, and the number of cases of use of force by officers decreased by almost 60%.
TASER opened an office in Seattle in 2013, and an international office in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in May 2014. In June, 2015, the company announced the creation of a new unit in Seattle, known as Axon, which will cover the company's technology enterprises, including the production of television cameras. 5 April 2017, TASER announced its renaming to Axon, which is due to the expansion of its business. And in May 2018, Axon bought another competing company VieVu for 4,6 million dollars in cash and 2,5 million dollars for ordinary shares ... So the taser case is alive and well! The company's advertising brochure says that their “smart equipment” saved the lives of 140000 people. Then it's really great. Even if this figure is exaggerated by half!
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