Case Summary: Robert Dziekanski, YVR Taser Incident
Conducted energy weapons also known as tasers have come out in the last decade in policing. The conducted energy weapon under the criminal code of Canada is “classified as a prohibited weapon”: meaning only police officers may use this weapon (Brainwood ,pg7) .The purpose of the energy weapon is to gain control of an individual using an electrical current. Although there have been some cases where the use of the taser has ended in death or serious harm to individuals. The deaths and injuries have raised concern in the laws that allow use of tasers. …show more content…
He was tasered by four local police officers without having any reason to why he was going to get shocked. Due to Robert’s polish decent, he was not able to speak proper English so when the officers approached him at the scene he refused to follow the directions, which resulted constable Benjamin Robinson to trigger the taser to Robert. After he fell they kept tasering him which caused his death shortly after. The officers did not try hard enough to communicate with them and they just jumped to conclusions thinking that he was going to do something harmful. Our officers should have different ways to solve problems and be able to think on the spot. They should not try to solve the issue by shooting, tasering and assaulting the individual just because they are English illiterate. In Canada we have a wide variety of ethnicities and most people cannot speak or understand English very well. Instead of tasering they should have handcuffed him with the help of the other police officers then taken him in also, they should have then found an interpreter to help with the communication issues. In references to Panetta, Emily she also agrees that conducted energy weapons should not be used for small minor incidents. She states that officers should require/request an assistance to help before using conducted weapons in minor incident but …show more content…
Before 2006 police recruits were required to train in the proper use of conducted energy devices to all the members. After 2006 the Vancouver police academy decided that they did not want all of the recruits trained. This has resulted in lack of knowledge of the device. Without the training how are officers supposed to know how long it takes for taser to cause death or other serious injuries .The proper training will provide officers the health risks that this device may cause an individual, also the correct way to use the device which will decrease the risk of accidental death. Additionally training helps in conducting research on ways to use the device in a proper manner and ways to prevent accidents. Proper training may prevent these accidental deaths and serious injuries. The training provides information towards how long it may take for a taser to kill someone and also where to use the device correctly where harm is less likely to
Conducted energy weapons also known as tasers have come out in the last decade in policing. The conducted energy weapon under the criminal code of Canada is “classified as a prohibited weapon”: meaning only police officers may use this weapon (Brainwood ,pg7) .The purpose of the energy weapon is to gain control of an individual using an electrical current. Although there have been some cases where the use of the taser has ended in death or serious harm to individuals. The deaths and injuries have raised concern in the laws that allow use of tasers. …show more content…
He was tasered by four local police officers without having any reason to why he was going to get shocked. Due to Robert’s polish decent, he was not able to speak proper English so when the officers approached him at the scene he refused to follow the directions, which resulted constable Benjamin Robinson to trigger the taser to Robert. After he fell they kept tasering him which caused his death shortly after. The officers did not try hard enough to communicate with them and they just jumped to conclusions thinking that he was going to do something harmful. Our officers should have different ways to solve problems and be able to think on the spot. They should not try to solve the issue by shooting, tasering and assaulting the individual just because they are English illiterate. In Canada we have a wide variety of ethnicities and most people cannot speak or understand English very well. Instead of tasering they should have handcuffed him with the help of the other police officers then taken him in also, they should have then found an interpreter to help with the communication issues. In references to Panetta, Emily she also agrees that conducted energy weapons should not be used for small minor incidents. She states that officers should require/request an assistance to help before using conducted weapons in minor incident but …show more content…
Before 2006 police recruits were required to train in the proper use of conducted energy devices to all the members. After 2006 the Vancouver police academy decided that they did not want all of the recruits trained. This has resulted in lack of knowledge of the device. Without the training how are officers supposed to know how long it takes for taser to cause death or other serious injuries .The proper training will provide officers the health risks that this device may cause an individual, also the correct way to use the device which will decrease the risk of accidental death. Additionally training helps in conducting research on ways to use the device in a proper manner and ways to prevent accidents. Proper training may prevent these accidental deaths and serious injuries. The training provides information towards how long it may take for a taser to kill someone and also where to use the device correctly where harm is less likely to