Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Commitments and Contingencies [Abstract]

Lease Obligations

	Operating		Capital
2013	$	273,795	$	41,445
2014		173,590		41,445
2015		84,494		41,445
2016		—		29,513
2017		—		—
Thereafter		—		—
Total minimum lease payments	$	531,879		153,848
Less: Amount representing interest				(16,618	)
Capital lease obligation			$	137,230

Loss Contingencies

	Month
Plaintiff	Served		Jurisdiction	Claim Type	Status
Washington		May-05	US District Court, ED CA	Wrongful Death	Discovery Phase; Trial scheduled Feb 2014
Hollman		Aug-06	US District Court, ED NY	Wrongful Death	Motion Phase
Salinas		Aug-08	US District Court, ND CA	Wrongful Death	Motion Phase, trial scheduled Jun 2013
Grable		Aug-08	FL 6th Judicial Circuit Court, Pinellas County	Training Injury	Discovery Phase
Koon		Dec-08	17th Judicial Circuit Court, Broward County, FL	Training Injury	Discovery Phase
Peppler		Apr-09	Circuit Court 5th Judicial Dist., Sumter City, FL	Training Injury	Discovery Phase
Athetis		May-09	US District Court, AZ	Wrongful Death	Discovery Phase
Humphreys		Oct-09	CA Superior Court, San Joaquin County	Wrongful Death	Discovery Phase
Derbyshire		Nov-09	Ontario, Canada Superior Court of Justice	Officer Injury	Discovery Phase, trial scheduled May 2013
Rich		Feb-10	US District Court, NV	Wrongful Death	Pretrial phase
Thompson		Mar-10	11th Judicial Circuit Court Miami-Dade County, FL	Suspect Injury During Arrest	Discovery Phase
Doan		Apr-10	The Queens Bench Alberta, Red Deer Judicial Dist.	Wrongful Death	Pleading Phase
Piskura		May-10	US District Court, OH	Wrongful Death	Motion phase, trial scheuduled May 2013
Shymko		Dec-10	The Queens Bench, Winnipeg Centre, Manitoba	Wrongful Death	Pleading Phase
Juran		Dec-10	Hennepin County District Court, 4th Judicial District	Officer Injury	Discovery Phase
Wilson		May-11	US District Court, ED MO	Wrongful Death	Discovery Phase
Russell		Dec-11	U.S. District Court, VA	Wrongful Death	Motion Phase, trial scheduled Apr 2013
Ramsey		Jan-12	Broward County Circuit Court, 17th Judicial Circuit, FL	Wrongful Death	Discovery Phase
Duensing (NV)		Feb-12	US District Court, NV	Suspect Injury During Arrest	Pleading Phase
Mitchell		Apr-12	US District Court, ED MI	Wrongful Death	Discovery Phase, trial scheduled May 2014
City of Warren MI *		Apr-12	US District Court, ED MI	Third Party Complaint	Discovery Phase; trial set for May 2014
Firman		Apr-12	Ontario, Canada Superior Court of Justice	Wrongful Death	Pleading Phase
Ricks		May-12	US District Court, WD LA	Wrongful Death	Discovery Phase
Norman		Aug-12	US District Court, WD MO	Wrongful Death	Discovery Phase
Wingard		Oct-12	US District Court, WD PA	Wrongful Death	Pleading Phase
Manjares		Nov-12	US District Court, ED, WA	Suspect Injury During Arrest	Discovery Phase
McCarthy		Dec-12	US District Court, WD, NC	Wrongful Death	Pleading Phase
Miller		Jan-13	New Castle County Superior Court, DE	Wrongful Death	Pleading Phase
Fressadi		Feb-13	US District Court, AZ	Suspect Injury During Arrest	Pleading Phase

* Companion case

Summary of other litigation matters

	Month
Plaintiff	Served	Jurisdiction	Claim Type	Status
Kandt	Jun-09	US District Court, ND NY	Training injury	Opening brief was filed in November 2012. TASER’s Answering brief was filed in February 2013
Turner	Feb-10	US District Court, ED NC	Wrongful death	Appeal is fully briefed. Waiting for the Court to set the date for oral argument
Jacobs	Oct-10	District Court, Travis County, TX	Wrongful death	Appellants have requested a 45 day extension to file their opening brief. The brief was originally due in January 2013
Williams	Dec-10	US District Court, ND MS	Wrongful death	Appellant’s opening brief was filed in January 2013. TASER’s Answering brief is due March 2013.
Butler	Jan-11	US District Court, ND TX, Dallas	Training injury	Appellants filed their opening brief in January 2013. TASER’s Answering brief was filed February 2013.
Bachtel	Aug-11	14th Judicial District Circuit Court, Randolph County, MO	Wrongful Death	Apellant filed a notice of appeal in February 2013.

Summary of cases dismissed or judgment entered

	Month
Plaintiff	Served	Jurisdiction	Claim Type	Status
Manjares (WA)	Jul-12	US District Court, ED WA	Suspect Injury During Arrest	Motion to dismiss granted for TASER
Kelley	Oct-10	District Court for Harris County, TX	Wrongful Death	Directed verdict granted for TASER
Jacobs	Oct-10	District Court for Travis County, TX	Wrongful Death	Summary Judgment granted for TASER, Appeal filed
Sylvester	Jun-11	US District Court, ND CA	Wrongful Death	Voluntary Dismissal
Neill	Jun-12	US District Ct. ED PA	Wrongful Death	Voluntary Dismissal
Fahy	Dec-09	Ciruit Court of the City of St. Louis, MO	Suspect Injury During Arrest	Defense Verdict at jury trial
Coto	Oct-11	Superior Court of CA, Los Angeles County CA	Wrongful Death	Voluntary Dismissal
Stough	Feb-11	US District Court, ED MO	Training Injury	Voluntary Dismissal
Bachtel	Aug-11	14th Judicial District Circuit Court, Randolph County, MO	Wrongful Death	Summary Judgment granted for TASER, Appeal filed
Payne	Mar-11	Blount County Circuit Court, TN	Suspect Injury During Arrest	Voluntary Dismissal
Nelson	Aug-11	CA Superior Court, Riverside County	Wrongful Death	Voluntary Dismissal
Glowczenski	Oct-04	U.S. District Court, ED NY	Wrongful Death	Summary Judgment granted for Taser

Information relative to the Company's insurance coverage

Policy Year	Policy Start Date		Policy End Date		Insurance Coverage		Deductible Amount		Defense Costs Covered		Remaining Insurance Coverage		Active Cases and Cases on Appeal
2004		12/01/03		12/01/04	$	2.0	$	0.1		N	$	2.0	n/a
2005		12/01/04		12/01/05		10.0		0.3		Y		7.0	Washington
2006		12/01/05		12/01/06		10.0		0.3		Y		3.7	Hollman
2007		12/01/06		12/01/07		10.0		0.3		Y		8.0	n/a
2008		12/01/07		12/15/08		10.0		0.5		Y		—	Salinas, Grable, Koon, Peppler, Rich, Turner
2009		12/15/08		12/15/09		10.0		1.0		N		10.0	Athetis, Kandt, Humphreys, Derbyshire
2010		12/15/09		12/15/10		10.0		1.0		N		10.0	Thompson, Jacobs, Shymko, Doan, Piskura, Juran, Williams
2011		12/15/10		12/15/11		10.0		1.0		N		10.0	Butler, Wilson, Russell, Bachtel
Jan—Jun 2012		12/15/11		06/25/12		7.0		1.0		N		7.0	Ramsey, Duensing, Mitchell, City of Warren, Firman, Ricks
Jul—Dec 2012		06/25/12		12/15/12		12.0		1.0		N		12.0	Norman, Wingard, Manjares
2013		12/15/12		12/15/13		12.0		1.0		N		12.0	McCarthy, Miller, Fressadi