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Saturday, 30 August 2008

Tasers better than capsicum spray, says top cop

1/07/2008 9:00:00 AM.  | 
The police commissioner says giving Tasers to frontline officers in Queensland will be more effective than the introduction of capsicum spray.

A Taser trial across south-east Queensland ended yesterday and police are compiling a report for the government.

Commissioner Bob Atkinson says Tasers were used 106 times during the trial, while the threat of using one was enough to diffuse the situation on 71 occasions.

Mr Atkinson's told ABC Radio without doubt in those 106 occasions someone would have been injured, probably both the police and the person involved.

He says police involved in the trial have endorsed the use of Tasers and a state-wide rollout of the stun guns would be one of the best options ever introduced.

Police Minister Judy Spence is expected to make an announcement about the future use of Tasers in the next month.

COMMENTS

Friday, 25 July 2008

well i guess it wont be long before we start reading stories like this http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/92348/dead_black_man_was_tasered_nine_times_by_white_cop/ happenning in australia. if the cops job is too hard for them - they should get better cops or more cops.. not tasers.. its just giving the bad coppers ( ok..there may be a few good ones ) another way to abuse their power. if ya want to live like an american, move to america, keep australia taser free ffs

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