HOW DOES AN ADVANCED TASER WORK? Upon firing, compressed nitrogen projects two ADVANCED TASER probes 15 feet at a speed of 135 feet per second. An electrical signal transmits throughout the region where the probes make contact with the body or clothing. The result is an instant loss of the attacker’s neuromuscular control and any ability to perform coordinated action. ADVANCED TASER uses an automatic timing mechanism to apply the electric charge. The ADVANCED TASER releases an electric current in a pre-set time sequence (an initial seven seconds followed by several 1.8 second breaks for a total time of about 30 seconds in each cycle). This cycle ensures that the nervous system of the target does not recover instantly to allow him to remove the probes. The follow-on bursts disrupt the process of re-equilibration of the nervous system. While the target is disabled, the user can place the device on the ground and escape.
From the same web page, is this not a false statement?
“More importantly, no deaths have ever been directly attributed to the TASER .”
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While the tazer shit is awful and seems to be over used and abused, the only upside to any of this is if shootings of “perps” have dropped.
But how the fuck can they taze an old lady or a little kid and still keep their fucking jobs?
There’s a video at http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/news/video/taser_video3a.html
The podcast “Bad Cop, No Donut” has lots of info on tasers.
Two problems with this entry… first the source (the link) has nothing to do with the company that makes tasers. Second, that is not a description of the version of the taser that law enforcement uses. That is a description of a taser that is sold to the public as a personal defense device. It shocks you for a much longer time so that a person could zap an attacker and run away from the attacker while the attacker was still disabled. The law enforcement taser shocks for 5 seconds maximum, shorter if the officer releases the trigger before the full 5 seconds.
The law enforcement officer is not allowed to run away.
http://www.taser.com/index.htm if you are interested.
Well, if you can prove to me that tazing is not cruel and unusual punishment OR explain how it is not unconsitutional, I will change my mind… maybe.
That’s too easy, Madge. It’s not punishment at all. That is not what it’s used for. No one gets sentenced to being repeatedly zapped by a taser. That would be punishment. In law enforcement it is used as a non-lethal means to temporarily disable a threatening subject until they can be restrained. In every law enforcement agency in the country using the taser to “punish” or simply inflict pain is prohibited. Abuse, is abuse, regardless of the means. That video of a cop shooting a woman with a taser because she won’t get off her cell phone is an example of abuse. That officer has probably been suspended, fired, or prosecuted. Every law enforcement agency in the nation that has tasers, has it’s own regulations as to when they can be used. That officer’s conduct would not be allowed anywhere.
This gadget, that you are campaigning against is saving lives. If you were taken hostage by a crazed crack head who was holding a knife to your throat, which of the following outcomes would you prefer? 1. The crack head slits your throat and you die. 2. A cop pulls out his gun and tries to shoot the crack head, killing him, you, or both of you. -or- 3. A cop pulls out a taser and temporarily disables him, you, or both of you, and everyone goes home (or to jail) safely? – or- 4. The cop that shows up is also an attractive lesbian and asks for your phone number. Sorry, I’m a comedian by nature.
Another thing is perspective. You recently cited some loathsome incidents involving police officers and tasers. I have no doubt that there are abuses of the taser. However you must place a handful of incidents in perspective with the 663,535 police officers we heard nothing about today and who did their job without abusing anyone.
the tazer is fucking great they should allow it to be sold in every hardware store. U got to understand that when u are with your kids and a man pulls out a knife what the fuck u gonna do unless u could tazzer his ass.
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