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Taser Daily News Update: December 10, 2007
Date: December 10th, 2007, Filed under taser news
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.
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Taser Daily News Update, December 6, 2007
Date: December 6th, 2007, Filed under taser news
From The London Free Press: “Dr. James Cairns, the provincial deputy chief coroner who appeared at the 2005 probe of the death of Londoner Peter Lamonday, is facing criticism for having Taser International pay his travel expenses to lecture at their American conferences.”
Lamonday was alledgely high on cocaine, but was tasered three times by police, and passed away in a hospital about 1 hour later. The use of the taser is not being blamed for the murder, according to police investigators.
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London considers taser moratorium
Date: December 5th, 2007, Filed under taser news
According to the Gazette, London may be considering a moratorium on the use of tasers by the cops:
“I didn’t want it on my conscience that I hadn’t spoken out about the risk that tasers pose to human life,” Ward 11 councillor David Winninger said. “I thought in my position of council I would bring forward a motion to urge the Police Services Board to put a moratorium on taser use.”
Winninger is the one councilor that is proposing the moratorium, but at least the idea is entering the public debate.
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Rome puts pressure on Canada over taser death
Date: December 5th, 2007, Filed under taser news
Concerned with the lack of information they have received about an Italian-Canadian who was shot with a Taser and died while in police custody in September, the Italian government summoned Canada’s ambassador to Rome to the country’s foreign ministry on Monday to file an official complaint.
While there has been little information released about Claudio Castagnetta’s death, media reports stated the 32-year-old wandered into a Quebec City convenience store on Sept. 18 in his bare feet, appearing disoriented and confused.
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