{"id":28449,"date":"2021-08-11T20:23:34","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T20:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/08\/11\/not-shocking-most-of-the-armys-tasers-dont-work\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:23:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:23:10","slug":"not-shocking-most-of-the-armys-tasers-dont-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2021\/08\/11\/not-shocking-most-of-the-armys-tasers-dont-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Not shocking: Most of the Army\u2019s tasers don\u2019t work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The majority of the Army\u2019s tasers are past their intended service life and are not operational, largely due to depleted batteries, according to a report the service submitted to a Senate panel last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Army Times obtained the September 2020 report, which stated that 58.5 percent \u2014 6,650 of 11,377 \u2014 of the service\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2018\/09\/04\/marines-want-electroshock-rounds-to-fire-from-standard-weapons\/\" target=\"_blank\"> X-26E tasers <\/a>are not operational.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The failure rate is at 77 percent for non-deployable units organized under tables of distributions and allowances. These TDA units include installation Directorates of Emergency Services, which oversee law enforcement and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2020\/04\/08\/some-dod-medical-facilities-found-vulnerable-to-violence-sabotage-or-terrorism\/\" target=\"_blank\">physical security at Army posts<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThose systems have the highest operational (daily) use at Army installations,\u201d the report said. \u201c[They] were procured commercially more than 10 to 12 years ago on average&#8230;and are not currently eligible to be sustained under the Program of Record.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army issues tasers to troops and civilians in both garrison and deployed environments. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalguard.mil\/Portals\/31\/Resources\/Fact%20Sheets\/National%20Guard%20Reaction%20Force%20Fact%20Sheet%20(Dec.%202017).pdf\" target=\"_blank\">a National Guard Bureau fact sheet<\/a>, less-lethal weapons such as tasers are also included in the specialized training received by the National Guard\u2019s crowd control and civil disturbance response forces \u2014 known as National Guard Reaction Forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report attributes the failures primarily to dying batteries that the Army can\u2019t replace, in addition to the age of the weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe majority of failures are caused by depleted batteries, which are available in limited supply from the Defense Logistics Agency,\u201d the report says. \u201cThe vendor no longer produces this X26E battery type. Once inventory is depleted, there is no resupply available.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Replacing the X-26E across the force with the newer X-26P model would cost $27.5 million, the Army estimated in the report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although the report was submitted in response to a request from lawmakers in the fiscal 2021 defense bill asking that the Army explore replacing its tasers, the upgrade plan may fall victim to competing modernization priorities for the service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army had to make tough decisions in how it prioritized its projects in the 2022 budget request it sent to Congress. 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