OTTAWA — The RCMP has repeatedly zapped people with Tasers in a steadily rising percentage of multiple-stun cases despite an internal policy that warns numerous jolts may be hazardous. A Canadian Press CBC-Radio-Canada investigation of more than 3,200 incidents in which Mounties fired the powerful stun guns in the last six years shows that officers used the Taser multiple times in almost 43 per cent of cases. In about one out of six incidents, the RCMP applied the stun gun three times. In 31 cases, the suspect was zapped seven or more times. ... [LINK]
See also CBC: [LINK]
43% is pretty high considering. Seven or more is simply ridiculous.
Here's what this really means:
Tasers, for some reason, tend to be misused, abused, and overused. And it doesn't seem to matter what the Taser Use Policies state. It goes back to the fatally-flawed training (which is traceable back to Taser).
This reality really moves the option of a moratorium back up towards the top of the list. Perhaps it isn't your first choice, but it you may be left with no other option if the use of these weapons is not brought under control.
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