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Old 28-05-2015, 05:38   #76
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Re: Should all police have tasers?

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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu View Post
If police officers had Tasers, can you imagine if one suspect dies because of a Taser - the suspects friends and family would be baying for the officers blood.
Suspects / detainees die on a sadly too regular basis from restraint, baton strikes and positional asphyxia. It's a risk of the job that struggling and violence will sometimes have the worst possible outcome and everything you can do to minimise that risk should be done.

IMO a Taser is far less dangerous than a baton and I'd rather be tasered than CS'd.

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Originally Posted by papa smurf View Post
from post 38
"Funnily enough what's shown on the video is an almost perfect example of what's taught."

personally i would wait for batman and robin
Here is a radical suggestion. If you think the Police did a crap job and their actions were wrong how about you tell us what you would have done.

I won't hold my breath though.
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