Posted on 12/08/2005 12:01:42 PM PST by JTN
The taser is deployed in one of two different deployments. The first deployment method is the probe mode. This constitutes the firing of a taser cartridge. Within the taser cartridge are two probes traveling at approximately 160 feet per second tethered by two insulated wires that conduct the electrical charge of the taser, delivering 50,000 volts of electricity to the subject up to twenty-five feet. The electricity jams the subject’s sensory and motor nervous systems causing incapacitation. The second deployment method is the drive stun mode. This deployment method allows closer contact to the subject and the taser is used as a stun gun. In the drive stun mode, the taser is working off of pain compliance versed the incapacitation ability the probe mode provides.
No, it looks like I was right, in this incident it was used for pain compliance.
Your a former police officer and you don't have a problem with somebody turning their back on you and reaching into a veh after you instructed them not to?
The above post was meant for you
I was never trained on one, I was just playing a "bad guy" in some training exercises with other departments,Only Sargent's had them where I worked
I found it on a different website
http://www.taser.com/documents/Columbus_TASER_Study_June_2005a.pdf#search='taser%20drive%20stun'
Regardless of the pain vs disruption issue I think they tend to get overused. I finally got the vid to load. I will have to say that this use was borderline ok, not how I would have handled it but not falling into the JBT class.
Regardless of the pain vs disruption issue I think they tend to get overused. I finally got the vid to load. I will have to say that this use was borderline ok, not how I would have handled it but not falling into the JBT class.
The bottom line is this incident didn't become physical until the woman turned around and reached into her car against the ofc's instructions. I think the ofc's had every right at that point to put their hands on her. When they tried to get her under control using muscling techniques she started screaming, "POLICE BRUTALITY", the one ofc then tased her on the arm, they got her under control in a matter of seconds and the incident was over without anybody getting injured.
I can respect your opinion because it seems to be based on knowledge and experience. I can see how somebody could say they didn't have to taser her. If they didn't have a taser I'm sure they would have been able to get her under control but they may have ended up injuring her in the process then what would people be saying. But to call it brutality, to say it was excessive force, to say she is an innocent victim is ridiculous. There's more than one right way to handle a situation, if they choose not to taser her that would be ok, they choose to taser her which is also ok.
likewise
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Agreed BUMP! Nice homepage, btw.
"Unfortunately, I can't post the more detailed article from Indystar.com, but here are the important points.
1. Jennifer Marshall was supposedly stopped for running a stoplight.
2. She was given a series of roadside sobriety tests which she passed.
3. She was then given a series of breath tests which were inconclusive (meaning she passed).
4. The police then tell her that she must submit to a blood draw (right then and there) or go to jail.
Here she says she is going to call her lawyer. Both officers tell her no. Again she says she wants to call her lawyer and tries to get her cell phone from her car. At this point, one of the cops, who had just gotten his taser and had not had an opportunity to use it, announces that it's "Taser time!" The hold her against the back of the car, and although she is under complete control, tase her several times"
Almost everything you said above is a lie, no wonder so many of these idiots in here agree with you, they are too dumb or lazy to watch the video and would rather just take your word for it.
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