By: steve k

steve k — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:17:31 +0000

I would also just like too add to those that say that the person who had the taser used on them deserve it as if they had not been fighting with the officer then this tragedy would not have happened . Yet i believe that all officers can request back-up and ALL officers are trained in RESTRAINT TECHNIQUES , why were these options not used before the complete reliance of using a taser too solve the problem ? .

By: steve k

steve k — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:06:28 +0000

As i have mentioned elsewhere tasers may be safer than the other option of being shot by a hail of bullets , but even tasers carry risks as we have seen , how do the officers know whether the person who the device is being used on has a heart complaint for example , the answer is THEY DONT ! . The problem i see so very often is that officers of the law are relying on these so-called NON-LETHAL means more and more , without waying up all the options first , its almost a lazy way of solving their problems its an easy answer . Trigger-Happy may be too strong a word but i believe that there should be more stringant control over these devices and should only be used as A LAST RESORT and not as THE FIRST OPTION as seems too be the case more and more these days ! .

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By: steve k

By: steve k