Trailer>startxref250792%%EOF108 0 objendobj111 0 objstreamĪpplication/pdf Kara Dansky Microsoft Word - Use of Tasers by the Mountain View Police Department.doc T15:09:01-08:00 Word T11:04:45-07:00 T11:04:45-07:00 Mac OS X 10.4.4 Quartz PDFContext uuid:545b6b5a-83e5-a241-8cca-369fc6e3d774 uuid:873ae64a-396b-6843-b1ad-73938cb7ba26Įndstreamendobj112 0 objendobj120 0 obj/BS 121 0 R/CreationDate(D:20141031110438-07'00')/DA(16.25 TL /Cour 12 Tf)/DS(font: Courier 12. The police baton is also in his PPE kit but requires him to get close to someone with a knife and he has to hit them hard to make sure he incapacitates them. That may not be enough to stop a fight when it comes to some attackers, and OC spray is known to do so much more.
Secondly, unless you're zapping someone in the eyeballsyou're only affecting a muscle group for a second or two. 2005)/Rect/Subj(Typewritten Text)/Subtype/FreeText/T(loaner)/Type/Annot>endobj114 0 objendobj115 0 obj/ProcSet>/Subtype/Form/Type/XObject>streamĮndstreamendobj116 0 objendobj117 0 objendobj118 0 objendobj119 0 objendobjxref0 20000000000 65535 f When originally introduced in NSW in 2002, the use of Tasers was confined to specialist police officers. Taser International’s website claims Tasers have saved more than 140,000 lives, and says numerous independent studies have shown Tasers help keep officers and suspects safe. The wired electrode from a Taser attempting to penetrate a layer of clothing, results may vary.