Taser Jumps Higher Amid Winston-Salem Police Department Purchase

TASER International, Inc. TASR shares surged higher in Wednesday's pre-market session following news that the Winston-Salem Police Department will fully deploy body cameras.

According to the company’s press release, "The results we saw from our initial deployment of body cameras were very encouraging, and included better interactions between our officers and the public," says Winston-Salem Police Chief Barry D. Rountree. "We are looking forward to having continued success with the AXON body-worn cameras and EVIDENCE.com technology from TASER as we deploy them to the entire police department's patrol division."

The police department had made an initial order of 293 cameras and will purchase an additional 623.

TASER traded recently at $21.65, up 5.15 percent.