Police Department Gives Update On Tasers

Dubuque Police Department leaders have provided an update on the early months of officers carrying Tasers. Police Chief Jeremy Jensen told City Council members that all 93 police officers have received their Tasers and can carry them during their shifts. The first officers began carrying the stun guns in July. Since that time, there have been eight incidents during which officers have drawn their Tasers from holsters and two cases in which a Taser was fired. The funding for officers’ Tasers was approved by City Council members as part of the fiscal year 2023 budget. Over the next five years, the city will pay a total of $378,800 for the purchase and maintenance of the Tasers.