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Should all police have tasers?
View Poll Results: Should all police have tazers
Yes 23 41.07%
No 19 33.93%
I don't trust them with a tazer 9 16.07%
I trust they will only use it in accorance with the guidelines 4 7.14%
No comment 1 1.79%
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Old 25-05-2015, 12:06   #46
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Re: Should all police have tasers?

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If criminals are able to get a hold of a gun they'll carry it just now. It's not a weapons race where cops with guns will automatically cause every shoplifter to start packing an Uzi just in case they get arrested.

Perhaps not but the shoplifter might think about carrying a knife

I personally don't see the need at the moment to change the status quo (I'm of course willing to have my mind changed by reasonable debate!!)
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Old 25-05-2015, 12:21   #47
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Re: Should all police have tasers?

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Perhaps not but the shoplifter might think about carrying a knife
If they are going to carry a knife they already will, to resist arrest with serious violence doesn't really matter if it's gun or knife. The outcome is slightly more in favour of the cop if it's knife vs glock / taser instead of knife vs baton / CS.

Routine full arming with pistols won't occur here until there are a couple of maurauding terrorist attacks where the Police are utterly impotent in the initial assault, think multiple Derrick Birds only with automatic weapons rather than single shot rifles in a city and not a rural area.

Tasers are already less dangerous than hitting someone with a metal stick and far more reliable than baton, CS or PAVA.
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Re: Should all police have tasers?

If someone would invent the machine gun taser the police could electrocute several miscreants at the same time. True, the odd innocent would cop for it but hey ho it'll teach 'em to keep out of the way .
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Re: Should all police have tasers?

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I think tasers are a bit OTT so why not issue them with water pistols or spud guns?

That's Libs thinking
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Re: Should all police have tasers?

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It was a bit pathetic with them all running around panicking the way they were.

if you look at them as 'Robocops' you'd have a load of Robots running around bumping and knocking each other over.

one or two sparking away on the floor.
i thought it was very brave of them to send in the chubby lass to pepper spray him while the rest of them ran around panicking
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Old 25-05-2015, 13:29   #51
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Re: Should all police have tasers?

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i thought it was very brave of them to send in the chubby lass to pepper spray him while the rest of them ran around panicking
Seeing getting your expert opinion on this incident is so difficult I'll try something easier.

Have a look at this website and watch Maggie's video. Then come back with a plan on how you'd deal with it. Alternatively you could just answer my initial question on how you'd deal with this incident.

http://www.itswhatwedo.org.uk/
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Old 25-05-2015, 13:36   #52
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Re: Should all police have tasers?

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Seeing getting your expert opinion on this incident is so difficult I'll try something easier.

Have a look at this website and watch Maggie's video. Then come back with a plan on how you'd deal with it. Alternatively you could just answer my initial question on how you'd deal with this incident.

http://www.itswhatwedo.org.uk/
do i need a lawyer ? am i being charged with having an opinion that differs from the official plod line .
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Old 25-05-2015, 15:06   #53
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Re: Should all police have tasers?

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i thought it was very brave of them to send in the chubby lass to pepper spray him while the rest of them ran around panicking
She looks funny

It was nice to see that one copper pushing the others away when they had him on the floor.
"Everyone stop!"

everyone stop panicking.
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Old 25-05-2015, 17:13   #54
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If someone would invent the machine gun taser the police could electrocute several miscreants at the same time. True, the odd innocent would cop for it but hey ho it'll teach 'em to keep out of the way .
There is a pump-action shotgun that can fire tazer rounds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT2EX07lQy8
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do i need a lawyer ? am i being charged with having an opinion that differs from the official plod line .
No. You were busy spouting off about how the Police dealt with the situation badly yet you can't offer a single suggestion as to how they should have dealt with it.
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No. You were busy spouting off about how the Police dealt with the situation badly yet you can't offer a single suggestion as to how they should have dealt with it.
oh i was "spouting off " was i and there was i thinking i was expressing an opinion , it was a shambles and a farce 20 people to stun 1 man, gross incompetence or what ? hope the chubby bird [ the one with the nuts to do the job got a promotion] as for the other desk jockeys

issue a crime number it'll all be ok
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Re: Should all police have tasers?

Still no answer then...
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Still no answer then...
the old moderator gang up strategy coming into play is it
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There is a pump-action shotgun that can fire tazer rounds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT2EX07lQy8
It is no longer sold and it was used on Raoul Moat...

I do not like guns/tasers...Despite my earlier ironic comment. Derek has a point.

The reality is the police has to deal with situations like the one in the video. How do you handle it? I do not have an answer for the poor cops, standing there, waiting to be sliced by the guy. Ideologically, I reacted as I did..... but think of the lady cop attacking the guy that wants to slice her with a knife, with a water pistol (ok CS spray), pathetic...

I do not have an answer do you?
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the old moderator gang up strategy coming into play is it
That was the first post I'd made in this thread and you're still dodging.
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