Police to be armed with stun guns

[Jamie.]

Was browsing the local news and seen this:

https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7131176.stm

[sagiliam]

Its about time all our officer got tasers.

[virus]

all officers should be equipped with them, might stop a few fuckers being stupid.

The police need to toughen up and get on the streets more before this place turns into a bigger shit hole.


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[Yoko]

The police haters are gonna love this
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[Jamie S]

Apparently it's a bit like the the Cs spray they are issued with, they all get it used on them before they are allowed to use it on other members of the public. Something to do with that fact they are less lightly to use it if they know what it feels like/how much it hurts.

[Finglonga]

You will be perfectly safe from them as long as ......

A) - Your not deaf.

B) - Your not getting out the bath.


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[Paddy Blake]

C )- You avoid the police at all times.

Paddy.

[RatBlack]

[Itchy]

At which there will be deaths in custody, and or allegations of torture due to its use.

Of which the IPPC (which is anything but independent) will find the officers completely innocent of any wrong doing as per usual.

At which (some) police will stamp their feet like little children asking

why don't the public not respect us?.

almost an identical thing happened with CS gas,

since there are cops on this thread....

When police go on strike next year will CS gas and Tasers be used on police since they are breaking the law by those who have crossed the picket lines? ,

The irony would be incredible.
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[McGee]

I still think our police should have guns.

At least the ones in big cities where there is a lot of gun crime. It would save having to wait for co19 to come out and by the time they get there they are gone.

But thats me.
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[RatBlack]

There will be no strikes. To even talk of strike is an arrestable offence. I leave all the politics to the federation. Oh and we use CS spray, not gas.
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[Itchy]

same thing effectively , except the UK version is more concentrate than the US version 5% vs 1% ,

Southward Emerg Med J.2000; 17: 76

Boy I wish I still had athens , best article citation device ever.


Just to poke the hornet's nest a bit more,

If there is no strike action all this will do is encourage Labour to pay even less next year,

Sort of a reverse version of negotiating with terrorists, in that all it does is encourage more terrorist acts.
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[powelly]

Considering Im the one starting half the taser threads on here I really should add my opinion to this one, personally I'd like to see the Police here issued with tasers however my concern is how frequently and in what circumstances they are used.

We see over and over incidents in America where tasers are used on the sick, the elderly, the mentally unstable or just those question what an officer is doing.

The american police having had guns for so long now seem to be trigger happy with their new toy, this was not an esculation for them, it was in essence a step backwards.

I think part of the problem is the fact that the phrase "non lethal weapon" keeps getting used, and that clearly is not the case, we have never refered to the side handled batton as a non lethal weapon and it would seem there is a health respect for the damage it can do.

I only hope the british police can be trusted to treat this new "less lethal weapon" with the kind of respect it deserves.
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[Itchy]

[powelly]

[Itchy]

I know , the design has been around for ages , I recall seeing tommorrows world as a child where they showed engineers working on electricity pylons in mesh suits.
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[Paddy Blake]

So if you had that jacket and the right gloves could you take off the
stun gun wires and have a go the cop with them.Share the love.

Paddy.

[powelly]

[Finglonga]

A few years down the line we will be discussing why all the Police are going to be issued with firearms.

I have no problem at all with them carrying them (Tazers), If you have a heart problem don't break the law!
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[powelly]

[Luke_Retrofly]

can they be used on people under 18,

tazer any fucker whearing a hoody with the hood up, and anyone in groups of more than 2, and any that say innit,

oh and people who talk really loudly and obnoxiusly on mobiles

actually fuck it, tazer everyone under 18 if they are outside their house.

Luke

[Star La]

I've read many articles lately of people dying and many police officers from the U.S. abusing their power with the taser. I hope we don't become like that..

it's somewhat comforting knowing that only special-ops will be getting them as opposed to every officer around..

[colin1]

to be honest our cops are quite capable of doing serious injury with batons

a tazer may be better at avoiding long term damage

i used to know a cop, who had a cop mate who was a bit loopy

one time he hit a guy so hard on the leg with a baton, that the baton bent, and the guys skin split open all along the thigh

a tazer is very unlikely to cause that level of injury

id say the problem with tazers isnt so much the serious harm, as they way some americans use it as a first resort, rather than last resort to assert their authority
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[Louise]

Stun guns? Good for them.
Its about time officers got something good.
Rather stun guns to real guns.

[Itchy]