Tasers safe.. as long as you are in the police

[davereid]

The Police have decided that tasers are safe, and can be deployed as routine equipment.

Good show. Police need the equipment to protect themselves, after all, they have a dangerous job.

Cops murdered on the job since 1996...
2008.. none..awaiting possible court case and conviction...
2002 Taylor, D
1999 Stretch, M
1996 McKibbin, G

During the same period, only 943 non police officers were murdered.

Clearly police need tasers.

Joe Public of course, will still be prosecuted if he has a baton, a taser, or any other defensive weapon in his taxi, dairy, liquor shop, bar or home.

Somehow, this safe weapon will remain unavailable to those who are always first at a crime.

[Cary]

Tasers, give em guns. Gonna shoot someone, make it count.

[firefighter]

During the same period, only 943 non police officers were murdered.

Clearly police need tasers.

Joe Public of course, will still be prosecuted if he has a baton, a taser, or any other defensive weapon in his taxi, dairy, liquor shop, bar or home.

Somehow, this safe weapon will remain unavailable to those who are always first at a crime.

I think you'll find that the police need these a smidgen more than Joe public, for starters they are constantly dealing with violent people-and need some sort of quick effective weapon which doesn't really do any un-necessary damage, besides that the police will be thoroughly trained in their use, there will be strict guidelines, do you really want the mongrel pricks out there assaulting people etc to have access to these too? because if dairy owners etc have access to them, then so do the crims.

I'm 100% for the cops to have them and I think it's about 5 years over-due.

[Indoo]

Not really sure what your point is. But 2000 cops are assaulted a year, the figures worked out to something like 6 a day, with 1 out of 6 of those assaults being categorized as serious. Given that we would only have a few thousand 'front line' staff thats quite a horrendous figure.

[davereid]

if dairy owners etc have access to them, then so do the crims.

I'd prefer the crim shot me with the taser, than the shot gun they currently use...

I'm not saying, even for a moment that the police should not have them...

[Goblin]

Wonder how long before cops around here use them for sex toys.

[sels1]

Its sad our society has declined to a point where these things are deemed necessary. But I guess if I was a cop faced with a P-crazed luatic, a Tazer would be handy.
As has happened overseas, at some point they will be misused and abused, and at some point the crims will get to try them out on the cops - mark my words.

[Swoop]

Wonder how long before cops around here use them for sex toys.

That's shocking!

[alanzs]

Cops should have guns.

[Oscar]

Cops should have guns.

Cops already have guns (as do some crims).

I would far rather that a crim is tazered, whereupon there is a good chance he survives to argue his case in court, than shot (where there is little chance of due process).

As for crims having tazers, the same applies. Would you prefer to be held up with a gun or a tazer?

[Dargor]

if dairy owners etc have access to them, then so do the crims.

no no no, its the law the stops the dairy owner having one, but the crims the law-less will not be stopped by the law, they will do whatever they want.

[Mr Merde]

no no no, its the law the stops the dairy owner having one, but the crims the law-less will not be stopped by the law, they will do whatever they want.

Very astute.

As a well known T shirt slogan states,

"When Guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns"

The word gun can be replaced with the word Taser.

I remember in the UK when they banned stun guns and tasers for the general population, they also banned the posession and use of pepper sprays for the general population also because the police forces there claimed that they were "very dangerous". A year later they were screaming at the Home Office that they should be issued with pepper sprays as they were non dangerous and an effective means of defending a police officer from an agressive criminal.

Reading into this it seems that we, the public, cannot be trusted to protect ourselves from danger but they, the police FORCES, should be allowed whatever means they see fit to defend themselves.

[slimjim]

yes after all .... a gang member wearing blue..... what's different.. it still eat's shits tells lies gets sleep ... been class taught what the club does , does what workmates do...
me ....fuck the trazer .... wear gun's ... police aren't no diff ... only goverment paided...

[Scouse]

I don't mind the cops having Tazers if they are used only when necessary its the abuse of them that worries me, like when that cop had that guy handcuffed and lying on the ground at Abany stadium with about seven of his (the cops) mates standing around while hosing down the guy ( on the ground) with pepper spray.

[MSTRS:Me]

I don't mind the cops having Tazers if they are used only when necessary its the abuse of them that worries me, like when that cop had that guy handcuffed and lying on the ground at Abany stadium with about seven of his (the cops) mates standing around while hosing down the guy ( on the ground) with pepper spray.

Chances are that a cop is not going to abuse the possession of any sort of weapon, but the above is a good point. I'll bet the victim (who was at least suspected of sexual harassment) was glad that cop didn't have a Tazer or a pistol. What does multiple 'shots' of a Tazer do to the person receiving?