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Headquarters Three-storey, 33,000-square-foot warehouse in Scottsdale, Arizona
Number of employees 240 full-time, 67 part-time
Pitchmen John Bunnell, host of World’s Wildest Police Videos, and Ultimate Fighting Championship musclehead Eric Swiger
Company slogan “Saving lives every day.”
Marketing slogan for the X26 Taser with which T.O. police want to outfit front-line officers “The perfect shock.”
Net sales in 2006 $67.7 million (U.S.)
Net sales in 2002, when company was founded $9.8 million (U.S.)
Value of shares traded on NASDAQ $8.94 (U.S.)
Number of wrongful death or injury lawsuits filed against the company 63
Number the company has lost 0
The only state that prohibits the use of tasers by police New Jersey
States that prohibit the use of tasers by private citizens Hawaii, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Wisconsin
Other weapons Taser is developing The Shockwave, which simultaneously fires six taser cartridges the Taser XREP (extended range projectile), which the company boasts can fire a projectile from a 12-gauge shotgun up to 30.5 metres.
