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Cops and Tasers; A Good Thing? YES!
Posted by: John W. Zimmer
This is outside of my normal post but near and dear to my heart. Let me explain. When I was young man I often had to escort patrons of the bar I worked outside. Often they did not willingly go. I had to call the cops at time for an assist but back then cops did not have tasers in their arsenal. The only non-lethal weapons the cops had at the time was their version of club (a type of tongfa) and mace.
Back then if you did not follow the cop’s directions – they had to get up close to you to use non-lethal weapons. This did not always go well for the cops as in the case of Sagon Penn. In that highly charged San Diego incident where a suspect allegedly was being treated bad – the suspect did not allow himself to be arrested, grabbed the cops gun and shot the officer and civilian. So in that context I will talk about how dangerous a cop’s job is from a self defense point of view and explore the current use of tasers.
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