TASER CARTRIDGES

Specifications are available at www.TASER.com and are subject to change without notice.

AVOIDING UNINTENTIONAL DISCHARGE

Never attempt to open or modify a TASER cartridge. Tampering with a live TASER cartridge could cause it to discharge or malfunction (which may result in injury).

Handle all TASER Cartridges with care. Probes may deploy unexpectedly if exposed to physical shock or static electricity.

Additionally, the firing sequence for all TASER Cartridges is designed to be initiated by an electrostatic discharge delivered by the TASER device. This is an important design and functional element for the TASER device and cartridge. However, an electrostatic discharge can come from many sources. When an electrostatic discharge, regardless of the source, contacts the front of a TASER Cartridge, it is possible for the cartridge to discharge. Therefore, avoid contact between static electricity and the TASER Cartridge because static electricity can cause unexpected discharge.

TASER Cartridges should be kept away from conditions known to create an electrostatic discharge, such as rubbing cloth (i.e. jacket liner) across a cartridge in an environment known to create static shocks.

Although highly unlikely, it is possible for TASER Cartridges to deploy outside of the TASER device, or in a device that has not been activated due to contact with an electrostatic discharge. Care should be taken to keep electrostatic discharge away from TASER Cartridges.

Occasionally, blast doors will be knocked off the front of a cartridge. Because those cartridges cannot be relied upon to discharge, TASER International recommends disposing of these cartridges. TASER operators should not attempt to fire a cartridge with no blast doors on it unless they are facing an immediate threat and do not have the time or option to reload. Attempting to deploy a cartridge with no blast doors could result in a charge being created and held in the wires. Any conductive material that comes into contact with the front of the cartridge, even after the cycle has ended, could draw the charge to the ignition pin and deploy the probes.

ANTI-FELON IDENTIFICATION (AFID) TAGS

Every time a TASER Cartridge is deployed, at least 24 small confettilike AFID tags are ejected. Each AFID is printed with the serial number of the cartridge deployed, allowing law enforcement agencies to determine the registered owner of the cartridge and track citizen use if ever used in a criminal act.