Taser’s model X26 became the manufacturer’s most powerful weapon. But the higher power brought risk, a Reuters examination finds.

The most commonly used device is the TASER X26, according to Axon. Taser and camera wore by police officer during a press conference introducing new body-worn police video cameras, May 15, 2015.

After signs of the outsize risk of the X26 surfaced, Taser neither alerted police nor recalled its best-selling weapon.

I've been a TASER instructor for a few years now and I never could figure out why every holster I had seen for the TASERs - the M26 or the X26 - seemed designed specifically to make it difficult ...

The first order was received from the Miami-Dade County Police Department in Florida for 417 TASER® X26 ECDs and related accessories. The second order received was from the Kern ...

The study examined eight cases of TASER X26 ECD-induced loss of consciousness. In each instance, when available, police, medical and emergency response records, ECD dataport interrogation ...

Taser International stopped manufacturing the X26 three years ago. The company, which changed its name to Axon in March, never recalled the X26 and disputes that it is less safe than other models ...

Police across the country are increasingly restricting when officers can use their Taser X26 stun guns to shock suspects. The electroshock weapons have been linked to fatalities. Baudilio Morales ...

In this study, 66 resting human subjects underwent 24-hour monitoring after a standard TASER X26 application. Blood samples were collected before and immediately after exposure and again at 16 and ...

How Tasers and stun guns can affect your entire body: The shock can cause muscles to seize up and induce temporary memory loss.