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Tasers help prevent crime beyond the Borough

The Borough of Swarthmore Police Department hardly elicits images of crime fighting at its most stirring. Nor does the low-key community demand such force. Yet Borough police are among the first in law enforcement to record criminal encounters through the use of video-equipped Taser guns.

“I’m not aware of any other departments [in Pennsylvania] at this point that have the cameras,” Borough Chief of Police Brian Craig said. The Tasers, each of which holds a small video camera in the base of its …

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