Should all police have tasers? - Page 6

Derek · 28-05-2015, 06:38

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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

If police officers had Tasers, can you imagine if one suspect dies because of a Taser - the suspects friends and family would be baying for the officers blood.

Suspects / detainees die on a sadly too regular basis from restraint, baton strikes and positional asphyxia. It's a risk of the job that struggling and violence will sometimes have the worst possible outcome and everything you can do to minimise that risk should be done.

IMO a Taser is far less dangerous than a baton and I'd rather be tasered than CS'd.

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Originally Posted by papa smurf

from post 38
"Funnily enough what's shown on the video is an almost perfect example of what's taught."

personally i would wait for batman and robin

Here is a radical suggestion. If you think the Police did a crap job and their actions were wrong how about you tell us what you would have done.

I won't hold my breath though.

papa smurf · 28-05-2015, 07:10

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Originally Posted by Derek

Suspects / detainees die on a sadly too regular basis from restraint, baton strikes and positional asphyxia. It's a risk of the job that struggling and violence will sometimes have the worst possible outcome and everything you can do to minimise that risk should be done.

IMO a Taser is far less dangerous than a baton and I'd rather be tasered than CS'd.

Here is a radical suggestion. If you think the Police did a crap job and their actions were wrong how about you tell us what you would have done.

I won't hold my breath though.

you seem to be getting a little annoyed that you can't get your own way and that is the perfect reason not to arm the police with tasers ,if this was a stand off in the street you would have probably tasered me by now just because i wont do as i'm told .

Derek · 28-05-2015, 10:40

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Originally Posted by papa smurf

you seem to be getting a little annoyed that you can't get your own way and that is the perfect reason not to arm the police with tasers ,if this was a stand off in the street you would have probably tasered me by now just because i wont do as i'm told .

Nope, not even close.

Kursk · 28-05-2015, 12:16

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Originally Posted by papa smurf

the old moderator gang up strategy coming into play is it

Papa: I think I've been graped by mods

PC Plod: You mean raped?

Papa: No, there was a bunch of them.

Buh-dum tish

(I know its old but I'm in that sort of mood

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Gary L · 28-05-2015, 20:15

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Originally Posted by papa smurf

you seem to be getting a little annoyed that you can't get your own way and that is the perfect reason not to arm the police with tasers ,if this was a stand off in the street you would have probably tasered me by now just because i wont do as i'm told .

Get your camera out. he'll stop asking you then

Derek · 30-07-2015, 06:30

Someone else who would have benefited from 50,000 volts (or 9mm of lead)

http://youtu.be/Mr8SmrH_D1k

techguyone · 30-07-2015, 10:04

Agreed, I don't know what the girl cop was doing though in most of the video. I was starting to wonder if the guy was going to be kebabed before she got the spray going.

Derek · 30-07-2015, 10:16

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Originally Posted by techguyone

Agreed, I don't know what the girl cop was doing though in most of the video. I was starting to wonder if the guy was going to be kebabed before she got the spray going.

She sprayed him first off when he turned round but in true ned style it had no effect. The only other thing she could realistically have done is scudded him on the back of the head when he was getting a bit stabby with the cop wearing the camera.

Jimmy-J · 30-07-2015, 18:48

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Originally Posted by Derek

Someone else who would have benefited from 50,000 volts (or 9mm of lead)

http://youtu.be/Mr8SmrH_D1k

If this happened in some other countries, he'd be dead.

Derek · 30-07-2015, 20:45

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Originally Posted by Jimmy-J

If this happened in any other country he'd be dead.

Fixed that for you.

TheDaddy · 29-09-2015, 07:04

Was tasering someone doused in petrol a good idea, guess the inquest will answer that

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-34382270

techguyone · 29-09-2015, 08:01

I don't know that it will, I read this and was initially outraged, how stupid to tase someone like that I thought....

Then I looked closer, what a **** situation for the copper, guy was going to set himself on fire with a match, what to do? Using the adage, doing something is better than nothing, he probably felt he had nothing to lose by trying to disable said guy. I've never actually come across this situation before so I don't know if the shock creates a spark or what. The inquest at this point aren't clear if it was the taser or the match that did it. The copper faced disciplinary action too to make things just that bit worse for all concerned, but they seem to have dropped that due to lack of being able to prove anything for sure.

Guy on fire was more than likely destined to go up regardless, given as he had soaked himself in petrol & was waving a match around. I feel more for the copper being screwed if he did nothing and screwed if he did something. I wonder what they'll do in future repeat scenarios.

No winners here, sad all round, definitely not one of those 'you tased me bro' stories.