High spirited pranks are the norm for bachelor parties around the country – and even around the world. However, when law enforcement officers step out of line – and use departmental equipment to do so, the results are likely to last longer than the hangover.
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Last year police officers in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg reportedly used Tasers about seven times more frequently than for pepper spray.
In 2007 they used stun guns about 140 times. During the same time frame they used pepper spray only about 20 times.
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Police Chief Tom Crew put himself through the entire training course for Taser guns. Although some officers only choose to take the two second hit, he went for the full five seconds.
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About a dozen police officers in three police districts in North Philadelphia have been trained to use Tasers and by the end of 2008 they hope to have in the neighborhood of 160 trained officers. After sifting through data on prison inmates with mental health issues, the various municipalities decided to focus on de-escalation training techniques and tactics.
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The Police Chief in Tiverton, Rhode Island wants to add Taser guns to the arsenal of officers on the local police force. Thomas Blakey, Police Chief, wants to spend some of the $30,000 seized in drug raids or from other drug-related cases, to purchase enough of the non lethal weapons to equip his deputies.
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When Placer County Sheriff’s Department received the gift of an additional ten Taser stun guns, they were indeed welcome. The department wants to equip all its officers with non lethal weapons to provide an additional step before it is necessary to use the lethal force option.
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Syracuse police were put to the test when Kenneth Benedict led them on a high speed chase then refused to comply when they tried to take him into custody.
It all started when local police officers Jeremy Decker and Joseph Hilliker attempted to stop Benedict when a computer check revealed that he was “driving a car with a suspended registration for not having valid auto insurance.” Rather than stopping, Benedict revved up and led them on a chase that reached speeds up to 80 miles an hour. At one point he slowed to 45 miles an hour, swerving back and forth across the road, while waving at the pursuing officers.
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Whenever a law enforcement officer is in training for certification to use Taser guns in the line of duty she or he must experience the full force of the weapon.
Westport Sergeant John Cuoto wanted to know what his target would experience. He and fellow patrolman Mike Silvia, who also submitted to the Taser gun’s effects, will be providing the eight-hour training for the rest of the local constabulary on the Taser guns (twenty-five of them) which were purchased recently. They were paid for by unspent salary dollars. Each unit cost Westport about $900.
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Mark Backlund, age 29, did not get to the airport to pick up his parents. Instead, he was involved in a single car accident on Interstate 698. Afterwards, when five State Troopers were at the scene, Backlund became uncooperative to such a degree that one of the Troopers Tased the man. When emergency medical team arrived, Backlund was breathing but unconscious, but when they arrived at the hospital he was pronounced dead.
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A 22 year old man, whom the judge had ruled was mentally incapable of standing trial, didn’t feel so well after Judge Geoffrey Cohen had spoken. Even though he respectfully requested to be given a few moments to catch his breath before being transported from the Broward Circuit Court back to jail, David Jones was shocked with a Taser – two separate times.
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