Taser

With any incidents and confrontations involving firearms and the police, the question is always raised as to whether officers in New Zealand should be armed lethally. Different policies and reforms regarding law enforcement are ever changing but one constant here in New Zealand is our approach to arming our front line officers. In my opinion, our current regulations and practice of arming our officers, using specially armed squads to deal with situations involving guns, is the most effective…

The cost to outfit the entire Ferguson Police department with the most expensive body camera that Taser offers is around $55 thousand. The cost of the riots in Baltimore, MD was an estimated $20 million. The cost to outfit the entire Baltimore County and Baltimore City Police Department would be a fraction of that. The money that is being spent rebuilding…

Canadian issues at hand. Canadians have had their fair share of media stories about police brutality, as mentioned Sammy Yatim and Robert Dziekanski, and due to these stories within the media changes have been made to reform the use of body cameras and tasers used by Canadian law enforcements. Therefore, media has helped change police legitimacy using cases brought to societies attention due to media…

a stun gun. Stun guns are created to release an electric shock meant to disable someone. Many police departments have adopted using stun guns in their departments in an attempt to lower the amount of shootings. However, they must also accept that tasers can still be deadly or abused. According to an article by NBC News, if a stun gun is used for a few seconds too long, the voltage (which could reach 50,000 Volts) could seriously harm or even kill someone with serious medical conditions or heart…

cannot retreat successfully without being harmed. By shooting the robber he eliminated the threat to his life. 2) Cardio kid/Taser and murder—Murder? NO. I. Explanation of the relevant facts of mini videos Cardio Kid is walking, under doctor’s order have a good heart beat. Taser kid comes up to Cardio kid, shows off his Taser. Cardio kid declines to be tased. Taser kid knowingly tazed cardio kid anyway. Cardio kid dies. II. Explanation of the law of the videos using CACI PC 192…

Since the rising events between the justification of police officers’ actions and victims’ deaths, such as the Ferguson incident. A proposal was given requiring police officers, nationally, to wear body cameras. By doing so, this will: reduce the amount of ambiguity, help improve the behaviors of all persons and provide a more accurate record of the scenes. In which, other sources may be considerably vulnerable to distortion thus creating a less reliable source. By enabling an active, on-site…

Tennessee v. Garner In 1985, Tennessee v. Garner changed the way deadly force is used in law enforcement by not allowing use of deadly force on a fleeing felon who’s considered to be nonviolent (Carmen & Hemmens, 2010). Prior to this case, deadly force was legally allowed to be used against a fleeing felon. The “fleeing-felon rule” was applicable because felonies at the time could result in death by the court and police agencies were disorganized leading to a lesser chance of capturing the…

The police should not be pardoned for killing any unarmed person or the use of unjustified force, even if it is accidental they should still have to pay some sort of price for their actions. I’m not just talking about minorities I’m talking about anyone killed or have had any excessive force brought upon them. The police should be here to enforce the law, not be above it. When there are cops out there killing unarmed people and getting off with no consequence that makes me sick. I feel like in…

officers and then shot in the back. He died hours later, causing national uproar and protests against injustice among the community. The officer who shot Oscar was charged with involuntary manslaughter, but after convincing the court he mistook a taser for a gun, he was sentenced to only 11 months in prison.…

Another reason is some believe that a taser is as effective as a handgun against an armed assailant, but in order to use a taser you have to be right next to the person where as if you have a handgun you can have a chance of keeping more space between you and your assailant. The same would go for pepper spray. More reasons against this…