St. Paul’s Police Department intends to purchase 230 Taser guns using $230,000 garnered in a series of drug raids. Though the St. Paul City Council must approve the action, it is anticipated that the weapons will be ordered and arrive prior to the Republican National Convention slated for September 1 – 4, 2008.
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On June 16, 2008, Czechoslovakian law enforcement officials used a stun gun on a wanted man who was hiding in an apartment. Police used their new TASER X26 on the man because they believed that he was armed.
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While pepper spray is not classified as a conventional firearm, there are laws and local regulations governing it possession and use. Start by learning the law in your local area starting with the local law enforcement agency. A call to the city police department is a good place to start. Most municipalities of any size have community safety officers ready, willing, and able to teach local individuals and groups about the law and use of a wide range of non-lethal weapons. Here are issues for consideration in some states.
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Canadian medical studies have confirmed that the risk of either serious injury or death from Tasers is “low”, according to Canadian Home Office Police Minister Tony McNulty. Restrictions have been relaxed on the use of the non-lethal weapons.
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In a world where moral values are kicked around on a daily basis the peace lovers often seem to come out on the short end of the stick. When it comes to personal safety a significant portion of the population are unwilling to take the life of another human being – even when their own may be at stake. In more and more cases, pepper spray or Taser guns are becoming the defensive weapons of choice.
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Apparently there has been a request to “recommend uniform standards for Taser use in British Columbia.” Bob Rich, president of the B.C. Association of Municipal Chiefs of Police made a comment that I find pretty ridiculous. He said, “I look forward to the process of making it clear for our officers what we actually expect them to do.”
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In a 2005 article by Peter Gorman, he discusses the unlawful deaths of two men who were Tasered by police officers in a supposedly abusive manner. The first man was Tasered after police asked him to come out of a closet where he was hiding under a black trash bag. When he refused, police Tasered him several times, and soon after he stopped breathing and was pronounced dead a short while later. The second man was apparently Tasered because he ran from police as well attempted to fight a police officer. Both men had cocaine in their systems. Both men’s cause of death was determined to be heart failure, with cocaine also being cited as a factor.
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Taser guns have been common tools in the law enforcement arsenal for some time, but have seen limited use in the nation's largest police force – the NYPD. Newer model Taser guns are smaller, lighter and easier to carry in a holster, the main reason for the change, said NYPD spokesman Paul Browne. Starting mid-June, thousands of police sergeants will begin carrying electronic stun guns on their belts. The NYPD has utilized Tasers since 1984, but until now department policy has required that sergeants store the stun guns in the trunks of their patrol car, rather than carrying the weapons in traditional holsters.
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Police officials in South Australia recently announced that over the next six-month period officers in particular Local Service Areas (LSA) will have access Taser guns while on duty. Tasers are the controversial self-defense weapons that deliver a 50,000 volt shock to allow officers to subdue an assailant. These specific LSA’s will each have two patrol vehicles per shift equipped with the newest model X-26 Taser for use in response during risky circumstances.
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In Alberta, Canada, Royal Mounted Police (RMP) are receiving training to recognize the symptoms of "excited delirium," a controversial condition that has been linked to the deaths of small percentage of people who have died after being zapped with a stun gun. Canadian officials are encouraging this training, not because they are hoping to teach their officers how to diagnose someone in excited delirium, but rather to recognize the signs and symptoms because it is a medical emergency and those suffering from an episode need immediate medical treatment.
Excited delirium has long been a controversial term used to explain the deaths of people while in police custody, but it has no formal medical acknowledgement. The condition's chief symptoms are paranoia, extreme agitation, hostility towards inanimate objects or people, and incoherent speech. People suffering from excited delirium experience a rapid jump in body temperature as well as display super-human strength and endurance, paired with an extremely high pain tolerance.
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