Honestly, I would refuse to carry a weapon I hadn’t been trained with. That’s just irresponsible at a personal level.
Where does it say she given a weapon she wasn’t trained on?
There isn’t a police department in the country that is going to give anyone a weapon, lethal or less lethal, and let them go on the street with it. The department and town/city/county/state would be assuming EVERY single bit of liability if something happened.
The taser class is only about a day long, might even be a 4 hour class. Really not much to know. 50,000 volts at low amps. Last for 5 seconds. Takes about 8 AA batteries if I remember correctly.
The only issue I have with it is, apparently, they allow folks to go through the training with getting tased. The “ride” as it’s referred to, isn’t all that bad. I’d take that over OC spray any day of the week.