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CAMDEN — Camden County police are touting the life-saving usage of newly-issued tasers, which are also equipped with a camera, after they confronted a woman waving a knife with a 12-inch blade.

In video footage released by the department, officers plead with the 56-year-old armed suspect to put down the knife as she reportedly lunged at them with the weapon, as shown in the NBC10 video above.

"Put the knife down. I will tase you," an officer announces during the video.

In a split second, an officer discharges the weapon, a door slams shut and when it reopens, the woman is off her feet and in a bathtub — no longer posing such an immediate threat.

The equipment was issued roughly six weeks, cost $2,500 and paid for by confiscated money, according to news reports.

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