Saturday, January 22, 2005

Tasers, Tasers, We Want Tasers

Now, as I recall, didn't all of the inner-city, poverty pimps demand that police use tasers. Well, they're using them.

As Cincinnati officials debate prohibiting local police from using Tasers on children younger than 10, statistics indicate police are more likely to resort to force since adding the electrical stun guns to their arsenal.

In fact, since Tasers were given to Cincinnati police beginning in December 2003, use of force incidents reported by officers have increased.

Although police supervisors emphasize that the number of incidents involving other force options -- like chemical irritant spray and physical force -- dropped, overall incidents involving force have spiked.

Critics say that shows police are relying on Tasers in situations when they would have avoided any use of force in the past.

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