The question of what to do when police have more than one perp to unnecessarily victimize has finally been answered with the new X3.

As you can see with the video, the X3 is capable of firing three cartridges without reloading. It also uses "a revolutionary Pulse Calibration System" that monitors electrical output in order to deliver the safest effective dose to a target. Too bad that wasn't developed in time for this poor bastard.

TASER International Launches Revolutionary New Multi-Shot TASER Device
With Precision Shaped Pulse Technology
Next Generation TASER X3 Unveiled At Annual TASER Conference

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., July 27, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — TASER
International, Inc.(Nasdaq:TASR), a leading provider of technology
solutions and the market leader in electronic control devices (ECDs),
today launched its new TASER(r) X3(tm), the next generation product
line of its proprietary ECDs, at its annual TASER Conference in
Fountain Hills, AZ.

The X3, which is capable of firing three cartridges without reloading,
is the first new handheld ECD by TASER International since the
introduction of the TASER(r) X26(tm) ECD in 2003.

The X3 uses a revolutionary Pulse Calibration System(tm) to constantly
monitor and calibrate electrical output to provide more consistent
effects on the target and to provide enhanced safety over the current
proven and widely accepted TASER(r) technology.

"The TASER X3 is the most sophisticated handheld weapon ever
developed," said Rick Smith, CEO of TASER International. "The X3 will
improve effectiveness and safety over the previous generations of
TASER(r) devices while also providing the ability to store and
retrieve more information and diagnostic analysis on the use and
performance of the device than the X26. While our flagship TASER X26
is recognized as the leading law enforcement tool to deliver a
less-lethal response to resistance, it is limited by being only a
single-shot system. Developing a multiple-shot capability makes sense
to increase officer safety through the ability to recover from a
missed shot or even simultaneously stop up to three separate targets.
The remarkable technology advances of the X3 will provide more safety
for officers and the communities they protect as well as more
transparency in reporting and analyzing dynamic confrontations with
law enforcement."

Since July 1, TASER International has provided daily reveals of the
new features and technology of the X3 at http://TASERX3.com. Several
of the key technology breakthroughs noted in more detail at today's X3
unveiling include:

1. The world's first multiple-shot ECD using new Rotational-Pulse(tm)
Drive provides for enhanced officer safety by enabling the user to
recover from missed shots and/or engage up to three targets.

2. Warning Arc — the ability to arc display even while cartridges
are loaded. Previously, a warning arc has been shown to gain
voluntary compliance in more than over 80% of incidents without
resorting to the deployment of probes. However, this has
previously required the removal of the TASER(r) cartridge to
demonstrate the electrical arcs, which can expose an officer to
danger with a temporarily unloaded TASER device. Now, officers
can readily use the Warning Arc while the cartridges are loaded
resulting in both improved officer safety and suspect safety.

3. Pulse Calibration System (PCS) and Charge Diffusion(tm) Probe —
the PCS constantly monitors and calibrates electrical output to
deliver a Precision Shaped Pulse(tm) that provides more consistent
effects on the target. The Charge Diffusion Probe allows most of
the charge energy to diffuse into the outermost layers of the skin
with much less energy penetrating deep into the body. The
combination of the PCS and new Charge Diffusion Probe design in
the X3 yields improved safety characteristics.(1)

4. Environmentally Hardened system withstands sea spray, rain, dust,
electrostatic discharge, even short-term water submersion.

5. Trilogy(tm) Log system with improved sensors inside the X3 —
greatly enhances the usage data analytics over prior generation
dataports with a variety of sensors that record three data logs:

Event Log records common event data such as safety on/off,
trigger presses, Warning Arcs, cartridge deployments as well
as firmware updates, and time updates;

Pulse Log stores the electric characteristics of every pulse
emitted from the X3 and can determine if the charge was
delivered to a subject, arced into the air as a warning, if
probes missed the target, or even if the wires broke or some
other factor interrupted charge delivery to the subject;

Engineering Log monitors the performance of every key
electrical sub-system within the X3 during events and at
rest and provides alerts to the user if any sub-system is
not performing properly and if maintenance is advisable.

6. Range Adjusted Dual Laser System — increases officer accuracy
and effectiveness with improved dual laser system which detects
the types of cartridges loaded and automatically adjusts the
related dual laser targeting system for the appropriate trajectory
of the probes.

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(1) The output pulse of the TASER X3 is tuned to 63 uC
(microcoulombs) +/- 10% regardless of output conditions compared to
approximately 110 uC in the TASER X26 with both probes penetrated.
Hence, the X3 delivers approximately 1.3 mA of average current
whereas the X26 can deliver from 0.8 to 2.5 mA of average current
depending on whether the probes are penetrated or arcing to the
target.

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