The Use Of Tasers
Last week the Globe and Mail reported, “a jolt from a taser could trigger a seizure in certain circumstances, according to a new report by Canadian researchers.”
In Canada, law enforcement authorities are the only ones permitted to use tasers. However, the use of tasers is now being questioned seriously. Particularly, after the death of an unarmed Polish immigrant after being tasered multiple times by RCMP officers.
Just a short while ago a police officer in his thirties was accidentally struck by his colleague with a taser. The officer:
…fell to the ground and began foaming at the mouth with his eyes rolling back in his head. His movements and behaviour were consistent with a generalized seizure. He returned to work five days later.
If I were a police officer I would not feel comfortable using an item that could cause such harm to others or myself. Adequate policy and safeguards must be implemented towards the use of tasers or a team should be assembled to examine whether the taser should be abolished.
Rest assured, that if the use of tasers continues and harm is inflicted a number of civil lawsuits will be commenced against the law enforcement agency, the police officers who committed the harm, the provincial government and federal government to name but a few.
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