CA Cops Told to Aim TASERS Lower!, page 1

Aim Tasers lower, police told RCMP and OPP change policy after maker urges stun gun users to avoid firing at suspects' chests

www.thestar.com...

Police forces across Canada, including the RCMP, OPP, are immediately changing their Taser use policy after the manufacturer issued a directive that officers should not aim the weapon at a suspect's chest.

Taser International said in a bulletin that it's no longer advisable to aim the conducted energy weapon, which sends out a jolt of electricity, at a target's chest area to avoid impact to the heart.

"[W]e have lowered the recommended point of aim from centre of mass to lower centre of mass for front shots," the company said in a new training bulletin.

I hadn't heard about this yet. Taser is saying it's not good to shoot people in the chest with these things...i9t could hurt them. (uh...really?)

The story is about Canada, and I haven't heard if US cops are following the directive or not.

Here's what one CA cop says:

Ontario Provincial Police Sgt. Joe Bosie said Sunday that officers received a memo about the new policies last week. "It makes sense," said Bosie. "Those probes or needles are very sharp and if you were to discharge a Taser in or above the heart area like the neck or eyes it could cause serious injury."

and....the obligatory quote from a sister of someone killed with a taser:

"Finally this is an acknowledgment from Taser that the weapon isn't as safe as they've been claiming," she said Sunday. "Hopefully this will make police even more skeptical about using Tasers."

I know what you were thinking when you read the title of the thread and all you guys cups your goods for protection. So, do you think it's open season on genitals then?

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