A number of "community reviews" with regard to the
use and deployment  of tasers are posted as PDF
files for download, at the bottom of this page.

Editing is in progress, but a number of excellent
reports and reviews are listed and linked in here.
With my macular degeneration, it might be awhile
before I can finish this editing and I feel that this
information is too important not to post, as is.


"Banning tasers in law enforcement makes less sense
than trying to take away their guns and ammunition. 
The simple facts are that tasers can and do save lives. 

Regardless of the few "Rogue policeman" that abuse
them and the mega publicity that they get for such
abuses, there is still some room for improvements
with the use and deployment of tasers.
A report titled "Broken System" does documents 5% of
police being responsible for 50% of the cases of police abuse,
in one community.

Another point of contention is the manner in which tasers
were marketed as "safe".  While tasers are far less lethal
than bullets, there are some inherent dangers with the use
of them.

We do live in a society that has to label coffee from fast
food restaurants with a caution about it's being hot and
dangerous.  So maybe tasers deserve no less of a
disclaimer label ?

After all, a taser manufacturer just payed out $2,8 million
over a liability suit. So there does have to be some level
of accountability with "truth in advertisement".

Presently, I am reviewing a couple of reports that I
believe are of use with this subject, because tasers are
most often used on people with psychological problems. 

While I am not qualified to tell the police how
to do their jobs, I am stressing a couple of reports from
those that are;

June 2010 report titled:
Improving Police Response to Persons with Mental Illness (PDF report link)

Electro-Muscular Disruption Technology
A Nine-Step Strategy for Effective Deployment (pdr report link)

Both are published by:
"International Association of Chiefs of Police"
http://www.theiacp.org


_End of August 2010 editing

Numerous communities have reviewed the use of tasers and concluded
that while they are of use to law enforcement, modifications to the use
of tasers. Some of the reports and finding from various communities
are posted below as PDF files, for download.

The "International Association of Chiefs of Police" has published an
Electro-Muscular Disruption Technology report:
A Nine-Step Strategy for Effective Deployment (pdr link)

However, since tasers are most often used on people with
psychological problems, the underlying situations that often
occur before the use of a taser also need to be addressed.

Of which is well addressed in another report by the
"International Association of Chiefs of Police"  titled
June 2010 report titled: (PDF report link)
Improving Police Response to Persons with Mental Illness