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Taser Daily News Update: December 10, 2007

UCLA’s Daily Bruin has an article about the new taser-use policy on campus. The article states, and I agree, that this may be the “best” taser use policy enacted to date:

Though The Bruin could not obtain a copy of the policy before press time, Ross said it specifically states that a Taser cannot be used on a person defined as a “passive resister” – as was the case with the Powell incident according to an independent review.

Use of the taser is acceptable for truly violent, active and aggressive resisters, which would be a safer policy than the use of firearms, which are known to present a danger to non-resisters and onlookers. Also, officers armed with a taser will be required to retrain, and take a test that requires a 100% passing grade for the officer to be allowed to arm themselves with a taser. Officers will also be required to annually pass a new training course for taser use.

Read the rest of this article at the taser news site.