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Jacksonville Sheriff's Office Deploys 2,500 TASER X26P Smart Weapons

Largest order of Smart Weapons to date using the TASER 60 payment program

June 28, 2016 7:30 AM EDT

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., June 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- TASER (NASDAQ: TASR) today announced the receipt of an order for a total of 2,500 TASER® X26P™ Smart Weapons for the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office (JSO). The order is an upgrade of 2,500 older TASER weapons to the new X26P Smart Weapon using the new TASER 60 annual payment plan that provides warranties and on-spare equipment for these devices throughout the five year period. The order for 2,500 units was received and shipped in the first quarter of 2016.

"We are passionate about technology that makes the world a safer place," says Rick Smith, CEO and co-founder of TASER International. "Our mission is to make a TASER CEW available to every officer, so they have the best options available to avoid injury or death. Our TASER 60 plan provides a new, cleaner alternative for allowing Smart Weapons to be a budgetary line item providing better financial visibility. We believe the JSO is making an important move toward a world where every officer has the best technology and training to minimize the chances of a deadly encounter."

About the TASER Assurance Plan:

The TASER 60 is a new 5-year annual payment plan that integrates warranty coverage for an agency's current TASER Smart Weapons, as well as on-site spares so officers experience zero downtime. The yearly payment plan allows for reliable budget line items during a 5-year period and are available with various coverage:

  • Basic: For $22 (X26P) or $26 (X2) a month, agencies receive one Smart Weapon under warranty, one battery, on-site spares (provided with the purchase of 30 or more devices), a holster, and two training cartridges.
  • Premium: For $31 (X26P) or $36 (X2) a month, you'll receive the above items, plus an additional battery and 18 more cartridges (for a total for 10 training cartridges and 10 duty cartridges).

About the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office

The JSO is joint city-county law enforcement agency, which has primary responsibility for law enforcement, investigation, and corrections within the consolidated City of Jacksonville and Duval County, FL. The JSO also performs the corrections duties for the county.

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About TASER International, Inc.

TASER International makes communities safer with innovative public safety technologies. Founded in 1993, TASER first transformed law enforcement with its electrical weapons. TASER continues to define smarter policing with its Axon brand which includes a growing suite of connected products and services from body cameras and digital evidence management tools to mobile apps. More than 167,000 lives and countless dollars have been saved with TASER's products and services.

Learn more at www.TASER.com and www.axon.io or by calling (800) 978-2737.

TASER® is a registered trademark of TASER International, Inc., registered in the U.S. All rights reserved. TASER logo, TASER X26P™, Evidence.com, and Axon are trademarks of TASER International, Inc.

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CONTACT:  Steve Tuttle Vice President of CommunicationsTASER International, Inc. [email protected]

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SOURCE TASER International, Inc.



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