Word: tasers
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...plans to arm its officers with Tasers—weapons that are used to subdue suspects by releasing a disabling electric charge—potentially making it the first Boston-area police department to add the weapon to its arsenal. Tasers have come under increasing scrutiny because of concerns about the risk they may pose to suspects, with an Amnesty International report released last year concluding that 61 people died in the U.S. in 2005 after being shocked with a Taser gun. Police Department spokesman Frank T. Pasquarello said in a phone interview yesterday that no money has yet been...
Shoot a man with a Taser, and you disable him for five seconds. Teach the Cambridge Police Department (CPD) to use Tasers, and we’re going to have a problem on our hands for a long time. The CPD’s plan to arm some of its officers with Tasers is a waste of taxpayer funds, and, more importantly, a threat to public safety. While officers contend that the 50,000-volt stun guns are necessary in order to subdue drug users and the mentally ill, who apparently have preternaturally high pain tolerances, the weapons simply...
...TASER REMOTE AREA DENIAL...
...Taser Remote Area Denial Want to stop rioters rampaging through your embassy? This Star Trek-like force field, which could be ready for deployment by 2008, can be set up in doorways, to deliver a shock to uninvited guests who try to cross its electrified barrier...
Superficially at least, the Taser is the perfect weapon for dealing with dangerous scenarios such as riots. It purportedly does no permanent damage and yet completely immobilize its victims. This is how the public perceives them at least and, to our dismay, evidently many users of NLWs share the perception. In fact, however, no thorough medical review of their effects has been carried out, and since the weapon’s most extensive testing was conducted by the company that sells them, human rights groups have questioned the label "non-lethal." Yet even if Tasers pose no risk of death...