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I don't think tendency to misuse is a justification for only providing guns: I think most people would rather be tased than shot. But yes, I'd agree the trainin
by ocdtrekkie 5y ago
I don't think tendency to misuse is a justification for only providing guns: I think most people would rather be tased than shot. But yes, I'd agree the training needs to constantly reinforce that a Taser is still a weapon that causes serious injury or death, and should only be employed in a situation the officer believes warrants that risk.
Unfortunately a large number of these incidents involve mental health incidents, where officers probably weren't at real risk of physical harm.
- nescioquid 5y agoI do agree with you, and I don't mean to suggest otherwise. My only point, really, is that it seems that use of force is too often unwarranted in the first place (which goes to screening, training, and professionalism). Where I live, we seem to have had a long trickle of stories of the police tasing the mentally ill, or discharging their service weapons mistaken for a taser.