Comments on: Are the Canadian Police Taser-Happy Mounties? http://pjmedia.com/blog/royal_canadian_mounted_police/ Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:21:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: RE http://pjmedia.com/blog/royal_canadian_mounted_police/#comment-17656 RE Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:51:23 +0000 http://dev.pajamasmedia.com/blog/are-the-canadian-police-taser-happy-mounties/#comment-17656 It's not the thing (tasers), it's the behavior. It's not specific to Canada either. Unprofessionalism in police ranks seems to be on the rise. We also have seen police wrongly shooting pet dogs. Not once, not twice, but multiple times across the country. We have also seen numerous SWAT team Rambos descending upon the wrong houses and turning innocent lives upside down and too often taking innocent lives. What on earth is going on? Do we have to permit them only one bullet on the condition that they keep it buttoned up in their breast pocket? I do hope these mounties are disciplined in an unequivocal manner. And I also hope that some very uncomfortable attitude adjustment is applied to their 'superiors'. Their job is to protect the public - not to assault it. It’s not the thing (tasers), it’s the behavior.

It’s not specific to Canada either. Unprofessionalism in police ranks seems to be on the rise. We also have seen police wrongly shooting pet dogs. Not once, not twice, but multiple times across the country. We have also seen numerous SWAT team Rambos descending upon the wrong houses and turning innocent lives upside down and too often taking innocent lives.

What on earth is going on? Do we have to permit them only one bullet on the condition that they keep it buttoned up in their breast pocket?

I do hope these mounties are disciplined in an unequivocal manner. And I also hope that some very uncomfortable attitude adjustment is applied to their ‘superiors’. Their job is to protect the public – not to assault it.

]]> By: pchas http://pjmedia.com/blog/royal_canadian_mounted_police/#comment-17655 pchas Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:41:33 +0000 http://dev.pajamasmedia.com/blog/are-the-canadian-police-taser-happy-mounties/#comment-17655 The problem with Tasers is that they are often used by police officers with something to prove on confused, disordered or drugged people who would probably respond better to a calm, non-threatening approach. Some police officers seem to have a need to show who is in charge, even if it results in an avoidable death rather than peacefully defuse a tense situation. The fact that Tasers are marketed as "non-lethal" encourages police officers to use them in a manner which they were not intended for use. According to www.taser.com, the company recently won its 60th and 61st product liability lawsuits, which would seem to indicate that Taser deaths result from operator error. The problem with Tasers is that they are often used by police officers with something to prove on confused, disordered or drugged people who would probably respond better to a calm, non-threatening approach. Some police officers seem to have a need to show who is in charge, even if it results in an avoidable death rather than peacefully defuse a tense situation.

The fact that Tasers are marketed as “non-lethal” encourages police officers to use them in a manner which they were not intended for use. According to http://www.taser.com, the company recently won its 60th and 61st product liability lawsuits, which would seem to indicate that Taser deaths result from operator error.

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