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The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

Pitt Police shoot Taser during a training exercise Oct. 30. (Photo by Thomas Yang | Visual Editor)

Column: Pitt police, community get safety upgrade with Tasers, body cams

By Jeremy Wang | Columnist January 17, 2018

This isn’t the first time Chief James Loftus pushed to use technology to help his officers be more effective and better protect their communities. Prior to working with the University of Pittsburgh...

Pitt police were recently outfitted with Tasers and body cameras. (Photo by Thomas Yang / Senior Staff Photographer)

Pitt police use Taser on woman

By Rachel Glasser | News Editor December 5, 2017

Pitt police deployed a Taser on a woman who fled from UPMC Presbyterian Monday morning. A video aired on WTAE shows the woman wearing a hospital gown walking along Forbes Avenue in the direction of...

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