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301M18s.2345678910111213141516171819202122232425Q. Is there any federal governmental agency thatregulates or supervises the safety or specifications ofTASER International ECDs?A. Yes.Q. And what agency is that?A. It's the Consumer Products Safety Commissionthat regulates all consumer products from blenders tolawn mowers to chain saws to Tasers.MR. BROWN: Is it Division or Commission?<strong>THE</strong> WITNESS: Commission. Consumer ProductsSafety Commission.Q. BY MR. BURTON: Do you know what departmentthat's in off the top of your head?A. I don't.Q. To your knowledge, has the Consumer ProductsSafety Commission ever conducted specific testing of theM26?A. Specific testing, I'm not aware if they have.Q. Do you know whether the Consumer ProductsSafety Commission has ever issued a report regarding thesafety of the M26?A. Not a public report that I've seen. I knowwe've met with them and presented safety data on ourproducts.
3112345678910111213141516171819202122232425Q. Do you have any writings or documents generatedby the Consumer Products Safety Commission that refer orreflect that commission's views on the safety of theM26?A. No.Q. As far as you know, there are no such documentsin possession of TASER?A. That are specific to the M26, that is correct.Q. How about the X26?A. That would also be correct.Q. How about ECDs in general?A. There was some documentation from the 1970swith the original version of the TASER. They did someanalysis back at that point in time.Q. That was the 1976 study?A. Roughly, though I should probably point outthat the author of that study, Ted Bernstein, haspresented at TASER conferences and has analyzed the M26and has basically presented his views supporting itssafety.Q. I just have a couple questions about the basicdesign of the M26. As I understand it from reviewingthe literature, one of the really importantcharacteristics is the nature of the electrical -- hopeI'm using this word right -- current, and the number of
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