NY Daily News (11 June 2008) - ...Based on the relative populations of Cincinnati and New York, the NYPD would electrify [taser] more than 12,000 people a year, more than than 30 a day, more than 230 a week. ...
Rand found a total of 25 incidents over several years in which cops might have been able to avoid firing weapons had they adopted different tactics. Why, maybe those cops could have used Tasers! Right, maybe they'd eliminate a handful of lawful gun discharges every year - while running the risk of Tasering thousands. Because that's what happens. Cops start using Tasers to subdue people whom they have traditionally take down by hand. ...
Consider Houston's experience. In 2007, the Houston Chronicle found that cops shot the same number of people after they were armed with Tasers and that, most often, they used the stun guns in traffic stops and other common circumstances. ... [LINK]
Exactly.
CBC News found the same thing. Police gun-fire does not get reduced.
In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they're different.
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