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| Use Of Tasers Vs Lethal Force In Law Enforcement | | | | enforcement officers can overpower the subject and |
| Crime has come a long way to make its root firmer | | | | take him/her into custody. |
| in the society and has forced law enforcement | | | | The Taser C2 |
| agencies to take up arms against criminals. Some of | | | | The Taser C2 is perfect for independent men and |
| the countries arm their law enforcement officials with | | | | women who require an effective but not life |
| the latest and deadly weapons, which fall in the | | | | threatening protection device. As of today almost |
| category of lethal force. The use of tactical weapons | | | | 250,000 law enforcement officials across 40 countries |
| has become necessary because crime is not just | | | | are using different Taser devices including the C2. |
| about snatching bags anymore. Crime has also | | | | The Taser C2 is a great weapon for self-defense |
| become techno-savvy and criminals have started to | | | | and is categorized under Electronic Control Devices |
| use some of the best weapons in the market. If we | | | | (ECDs). It can propel wires that will stun the subject |
| look at the top 10 countries with high rate of crime | | | | and affect the motor and sensory functions of the |
| then the numbers are astoundingly high. | | | | central nervous system. The Taser C2 is available |
| 1. Iceland 14,726.95 | | | | with a replaceable cartridge that contains compressed |
| 2. Sweden 13,455.08 | | | | nitrogen and two small electrodes and can fire a shot |
| 3. New Zealand 12,586.64 | | | | to a maximum range of 15 feet |
| 4. Grenada 10,177.89 | | | | The range of 15 feet gives the Taser a definite |
| 5. Norway 10,086.72 | | | | advantage because you can use it the moment you |
| 6. England & Wales 9,823.38 | | | | sense danger. You can even use it if someone |
| 7. Denmark 9,460.38 | | | | snatches your bag at the supermarket and tries to |
| 8. Finland 8,697.37 | | | | flee. This flexibility in firing from a distance makes the |
| 9. Scotland 8,428.97 | | | | Taser C2 an absolute weapon to have. The Taser C2 |
| 10. Canada 4,123.97 | | | | can protect you or your family from a potentially |
| The above are per 100,000 inhabitants | | | | threatening situation and keep everyone safe. |
| In the United States itself, the Crime Index Rates | | | | The Taser C2 technology has been proven to be |
| have increased from 1,887.2 in the 60’s to | | | | highly effective in laboratory exercises and in real life |
| more than double, which are 5,897.8 by 1991 and this | | | | situation. It is considered as one of the best |
| is per 100,000 inhabitants. In 1991, the crime rate in | | | | weapons for self-defense from a safe distance. |
| the US was 313% more than the rate in 1960. Crime | | | | Today there are in excess of 500,000 users of the |
| rate in other countries of the world have also | | | | Taser worldwide. The Taser C2 technology has also |
| increased considerably in the last couple of decades. | | | | been supported by several medical reports and |
| For more than a few decades, law enforcement | | | | medical organizations that have vouched for the |
| agencies in the US and in other countries across the | | | | general safety that comes with this stun gun. There |
| world have been using automated weapons to fight | | | | are no long-term injuries and the subject can recover |
| criminals and this has resulted in loss of life on either | | | | completely in a matter of minutes. |
| sides. An NIJ report has confirmed that the US | | | | What gives the Taser C2 the advantage over |
| federal government spends approximately $75 billion | | | | conventional weapons is that the discharge of |
| on the different law enforcement agencies as well as | | | | electricity can affect the entire body as well as the |
| the judicial system. Yet not all the money infused into | | | | central nervous system. The best thing is that you |
| the system has helped in protecting innocent citizens | | | | can fire it to any part of the body and it will do its |
| from becoming the victim. In fact, according to a | | | | job. According to several reports, the Taser C2 was |
| report, if the overall productivity of the law | | | | found to be 95% effective during real encounters. . |
| enforcement agencies could be increased by 1% then | | | | Unlike other Taser models, the Taser C2 will operate |
| it would make a huge positive impact on the crime | | | | for a period of 30 seconds once activated. This |
| rate in the US and will even cut down the economic | | | | special feature is primarily so that once deployed, an |
| loss by $700,000,000. | | | | individual can drop the Taser C2 and have a 30 |
| The question is how can the enforcement agencies | | | | second window in which to escape to safety. To |
| fight crime effectively and without killing the criminal? | | | | enhance this feature even more, Taser International |
| The answer lies with alternative weapons, which | | | | warranties that if your Taser C2 is deployed in an |
| resourceful, effective, inexpensive, and not life are | | | | attack, send them a copy of the police report |
| threatening. | | | | describing the event, and Taser International will |
| The Emergence of Taser | | | | replace your Taser C2 free of charge. |
| One of the recent problems faced by several law | | | | The Taser M-18 |
| agencies is that of transporting hardened convicts | | | | The Taser M-18 is an advanced version of this |
| from one prison location to another. There are times | | | | non-lethal technology. It also uses compressed |
| when convicts have tried to escape and in the | | | | nitrogen to fire two small electrodes up to a |
| confusion officers had to resort to using their | | | | maximum distance of 15 feet. The electrodes are |
| weapons and sometimes inappropriate tactics and | | | | connected with the help of high-voltage insulated |
| use of force, which cause more harm than good and | | | | wires to the Taser M-18. When the electrodes come |
| even death in some cases. | | | | into contact with a subject then electrical pulses are |
| This is where a Taser comes in. A Taser looks like a | | | | transmitted through the wires into the body of the |
| gun but it is an entirely different concept. It is | | | | subject and can penetrate 2 inches of clothing. |
| basically a type of electroshock weapon, which can | | | | The use of the Taser M-18 over the years has |
| stun a subject from quite a distance. The models | | | | become increasingly popular with civilians as well as |
| being used currently by law enforcement agencies | | | | law enforcement agencies due to its high degree of |
| are the M26 and X26. Some of the other models | | | | effectiveness and above all there is no bloodshed. It |
| include the Taser C2 and the Taser M18. | | | | can be used in different situations and can save |
| The primary reason behind introducing Taser is the | | | | several lives. Most importantly, the number of deaths |
| fact that they are non-lethal weapons that can be | | | | in custody, robbing, and theft has gone down due to |
| used by law enforcement agencies for subduing | | | | the use of the Taser M-18. Using guns have never |
| potentially dangerous and fleeing subjects like | | | | been as effective. |
| convicts. Taser can considerably reduce the usage of | | | | The Taser M-18 has a 100% rating for effectiveness. |
| life threatening weapons like the service guns. | | | | The Taser M-18 is not only considered as a better |
| The Taser was developed initially by Jack Cover, | | | | option to the automatic weapons being used by law |
| who was a NASA researcher, in 1969. The modern | | | | enforcement agents but is also better than the |
| day Taser can fire two small electrodes, which are | | | | traditional stun guns. One of the quantum leaps in the |
| connected with a main unit through two conductive | | | | Taser M-18 technology is the effective stopping |
| wires. They are propelled into the air or towards the | | | | power due to the use of a new and advanced |
| subject with the help of small but compressed | | | | Electro-Muscular Disruption (EMD) technology. The |
| nitrogen charges. Each of the air cartridges is | | | | advanced Taser M-18 can shoot 2 darts or |
| equipped with two electrodes as well as enough | | | | electrodes using a 15 feet wire that ensures transfer |
| compressed nitrogen to fire a single shot. The air | | | | of 50,000 volts to the central nervous system of the |
| cartridge has to be replaced after use. | | | | subject. What the Taser M-18 really provides is an |
| Cartridges for the Taser are available depending on | | | | incredible power to take down almost any opponent. |
| the range that you expect to achieve. The maximum | | | | As a result of its effective use, Taser devices or |
| range of a Taser is 35 feet or 10.6 meters, a | | | | guns are being looked at as the next generation |
| distance at which you can fire it and catch a fleeing | | | | weapon. Soon it might replace the conventional colt, |
| convict or criminal. The cartridges available for civilian | | | | Walther, CZ 75B or other automatic handguns and |
| use have a maximum range of 15 feet or 4.5 meters. | | | | weapons. The Taser is a weapon that can be used |
| Once fired from the Taser, the pointed electrodes | | | | for self-defense by both civilians and law |
| will pierce through the clothing and remain in place | | | | enforcement agencies. It is easy to use, more |
| because of they are barbed. The latest models of | | | | effective than conventional weapons, works at close |
| the Taser including the C2 are called 'pulse' models | | | | range and removes any threat to life. Now |
| and they can pierce through a Level III body armor | | | | that’s a weapon of the future! |
| vest. The Taser gives an electric shock that stuns | | | | |