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The head of the Queensland Police Union tells the citizenry to suck it.
Mr Fitzpatrick said the Government’s decision was “bad luck” for critics of the stun guns.
“I am sick of visiting police in hospital, I’m sick of daily ringing police who’ve been spat on, who’ve suffered serious bodily injuries,” he said.
The 150 deaths from Tasering over the last 7 years in the US alone? Not something Fitzpatrick is sick of, apparently.
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John writes:
The Police Minister, Judy Spence, has said that the safety issue will not arise in Queensland because there will be adequate training given to the officers who carry the weapon. This ignores the fact that some people are more susceptible to adverse reactions to the taser (like their hearts stopping) than others, and that there is no way to tell in advance how an individual will react.
Posted: 29 01 2008 - 17:11 | Permanent link to this comment
Nick Caldwell writes:
Yeah. If we believe the rhetoric around Tasers, then they’re only to be deployed when the alternative is a bullet. The use case scenarios described by the Police Union don’t even meet that condition. Routine, pre-emptive tasering is a very likely result.
Posted: 30 01 2008 - 09:55 | Permanent link to this comment
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