CHARLOTTE, N.C.,None — The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department will hand new Tasers to officers on Wednesday.
CMPD pulled its old Tasers out of service after a Charlotte man died last summer when an officer used it on him.
Officers have been training with the new and improved X2 Taser model for several months now.
The X2 version has several new safety features. The shock only lasts five seconds no matter how long the officer holds the trigger. The amount of electricity is now more exact.
Back in September, Police Chief Rodney Monroe said these new Tasers are the top of the line models. "We don't believe that there is a better model out there," he told council members.
Those safety features could have meant the difference between life and death in 2008 when Darryl Turner died after being shocked by a police-issue Taser, and again in July 2011 when La'Reko Williams died.
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