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Originally posted by toasted
That seems like an awfully high number!
Were there any typical behaviors that stood out above the others that you felt needed tasering? [ I'm just trying to get a feel for the situation(s) ]
If you had no taser, what would your options be?
And how crummy will you feel when some out of control fool you taser, goes down and never comes back up?
Is a person who is just being civil disobedient a legit candidate for tasering?
Originally posted by saabster5
What are the guidelines for using a taser? By this I mean, how long of an interval are you "suggested" to use on the subject. I just have a hard time believing that a quick "tase" would render someone dead/unconscious. They need to install a device on the taser that monitors how long and how many times a taser is used on shift. If the numbers don't add up, well you got your "smoking gun" for evidence that brutality was taking place.
Originally posted by rcwj75
See this is asking for trouble. Spoken like many who have NEVER been is the shoes of a LEO. Not being mean or a prick...but we are human. Can I fight...YES, but when you find yourself in some of the situations I have been in you BETTER know what to do or your putting a lot of people at risk. How, let me explain ONE incident. 2 very intoxicated males vs ME...taser one and verbally get the other to comply. The taser saved my behind and others...why, because IF, IF an officer loses a fight with a suspect he just handed over a pistol, and 3 high cap magazines...I would much rather tase a jerkoff then put the public at that risk.
Originally posted by rcwj75
Again, not having ever been in these types of situation you view unarmed suspect as unharmful...I knew some guys like that once...they were both killed in the line of duty...now their name is on a wall in DC and the guys who killed them are still free.... assumption is the mother of all f'up! Armed or Not, people can be a SERIOUS threat.