It is a so-called 'electroshock weapon', this means that it disables fleeing suspects with an electrical charge which induces a "neuromuscular incapacitation". The Los Santos Police Department uses the X26 Taser, the most advanced taser currently in use. The small device, shaped like a pistol, fires two small darts which have electrodes at the ends, they are connected to the device with a conducting wire. When someone is hit by these two electrodes they receive an electric shock of approximately 50,000 volts; This shock almost immediately incapacitates the person hit by it; disabling them for a number of minutes.