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LAW ENFORCEMENT/CORRECTIONAL REFERENCES (please contact):
1. Los Angeles Sheriff’s Emergency Services Bureau, CA, Capt. Sid Heal - 323-526-5262,
CSHeal@lasd.org -- Capt. Heal is one of the most knowledgeable less-lethal experts in the world and
has been hit by the M26. LASO has several hundred M26s.
2. Chandler
Police,
AZ
Sgt.
Jim
Halsted,
Master
Instructor,
480-782-4474,
James.Halsted@ci.chandler.az.us -- Master Instructor and extremely knowledgeable. Developed
training curriculum and has personally used M26 while on TAC Team and in cell extraction of
subject on Meth.
3. Glendale Police, AZ Sgt. Steve Hadley, Master Instructor. Very knowledgeable training instructor
and personally deployed the M26 on actual criminal subjects. Call 623-930-3165 ext 8184 or and
shadley@ci.glendale.az.us)
4. Seattle Police, WA SWAT Officer Steve Ward 206-684-8754, steven.ward@ci.seattle.wa.us -- 130
units. Very knowledgeable of M26s and less-lethals. Featured as a less-lethal expert on NBC
Nightly News following WTO Riots.
5. Sacramento Police, CA SWAT Commander Sgt. Rick Guilbault, 916-566-6490 ext. 3,
rguilbault@pd.cityofsacramento.org – 625 units. Extremely knowledgeable regarding FULL
deployment of over 600 M26s and scenario based TASER training.
6. Albuquerque Police Dept, NM (Over 400 M26s for full deployment) Sgt. Cornel Heitzman 505-7682200, Cornyheitzman@aol.com -- Master Instructor who is extremely knowledgeable and excellent
resource regarding full deployment of over 500 M26s.
7. Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Canada Staff Sgt. Peter Sherstan 780-926-3013,
wampsher@telusplanet.net and Cpl. Tim Anctil 604-264-3612, pro-tact.anctil@shaw.ca -- Conducted
the most thorough testing of TASER technology. Underwent a massive T&E and research on
ADVANCED TASERs and both are extremely knowledgeable experts.
8. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Custody Div, CA Officer John Stanley 213-749-2305,
jstanley@alads.org -- Extremely knowledgeable regarding correctional use of M26 and is up to date
on Tasertron versus M26. Traded in Tasertrons.
9. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Patrol Div, CA Capt. McDermott 323-526-5232, mrmcderm@lasd.org
oversaw the purchase of an extraordinary T&E phase and large purchasing for LASO. Extremely
knowledgeable about Tasertron TASERs and large scale deployment of hundreds of M26s.
10. Reno Police Dept, NV Officer Craig Pittman 775-334-3887 and pittman@ci.reno.nv.us excellent
resource on full deployment and has extensive training scenario trainings with over 70 field uses.
11.

Orange County Sheriff’s Dept., Sgt Paul “Spike” Hopkins 407-448-6081 and paul.hopkins@ocfl.net
with over 19 actual field deployments. OCSD has over 600 M26 units. Extremely knowledgeable
regarding the “Murphy” of problems regarding TASER issues and how problems have been handled by
TASER Int’l. Injury rates and use of force has dramatically dropped since M26 deployment.
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