[quote=Eagle Eye;1077975]Whats not so cut and dry about ignoring a police officers instructions if you have commited a crime? If you speed, guess what you have to stay in your car and provide your info. If you got out and approached the cop, and he told you to stop, what do you think he should do? Wait until you get close enough so that he has no options?
I am not saying that Joe blow walking down the street deserves to be tasered, but if you are commiting a crime no matter how small you should probably listen.[quote]
Again my issue has always been with the way they are used.
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If you really think that a cop has to wait until a guy pulls a gun to use a taser you are way off. A cop should be pulling a gun out if he sees a weapon.
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Chances are if he thinks that person has a gun he'll have his hand on his own gun as opposed to a taser.
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I really want to know the other methods of controlling a situation, I would really like to hear, maybe it would change my opion of them.
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Pepper spray is one.
If a driver is not being co operative with an officer, slam that person up against the car or hood and put on the cuffs.
If more than one officer is at the scene, tackle the guy to the ground.
Try to defuse the situation by talking with the person.
Now before you jump all over me for my suggestions, they are not automatics. Each situation will require a different response. Just don't use tasers because it's the easy way out of dealing with a situation where other options might have worked..
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Also how many people have actually died from being tasered? I really dont think it happens that often.
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IRRC there were 17 deaths in Canada and more than 280 in the United States.
It happens enough that reviews and studies are being done as to the situations they are being used in. For example the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary has suspended its use of Tasers pending the outcome of the review.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-col...rnc-taser.html
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Cops have a tough job and they have very little time to determine if a situation they are in could get worse, and I really think that tasering someone is the best method of controlling a situation that could get out of hand. Sure some times things go wrong (until we know more about the vancouver situation I can't say it was right or wrong), but a police officer's or other lives are important too.
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For sure they have a tough job. And you're right some situations don't give offivers much time to make descions on what they should do. And yes their lives are important.
Peoples lives are important too. If complications are arising and leading to deaths by the use of tasers (not saying tasers are the fault), we need to investiagte how and why they are happening and see if things can be done to avoid further deaths. Still lots we don't know. Thus my opinion we limit the use of tasers until we know more.
Where we disagree is on tasers being the best method of controlling situations.