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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
A car chase? Jesus Christ, the cop probably wasn't even in his car by the time the guy stopped. It was a parking ticket.
You people are turning this Senior Citizen/Paper Boy into John Dillnger for crying out loud.
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Without addressing off the wall comments like this, lets look at the Use of Force model of the RCMP. I did a quick google search and
here it is.
Calgary uses a similar model and the vast majority of models used throughout Canada are also similar. The taser itself is not listed but would be considered an 'intermediate weapon' and as you can see, it CAN be deployed in a variety of situations. What needs to be pointed out is:
a) How fluid the model is. Meaning different levels of force can be used on different subject categories. ie. Intermediate weapons can be used on death/GBH, combative and resistant subjects. There is nothing set in stone that says one must use this technique for this situation. Related,
b) Each officer has a different threshold for using force. While one officer might elect to use open hand techniques, another might elect to use a taser. It doesn't make any officer WRONG or EXCESSIVE.
Related, I would think that as a drafter has a favorite pencil or a carpenter has a favorite hammer, police probably have favorites when justified. One officer might feel confident in his/her empty hand techniques and thus uses them more, while another prefers OC spray. Either way, based on the use of force model, they must be able to articulate their use of force.