Police will be allowed to shoot children with stun guns

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Dec 10, 2005
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Police will be allowed to shoot children with Taser stun guns despite concerns they could trigger heart attacks.



Officers in ten forces will be able to use the 50,000-volt weapons - which paralyse targets for a short time - against all potentially violent offenders.

However campaigners have called for police to be banned from using Tasers on children.

The Defence Scientific Advisory Council medical committee told the Home Office that not enough was known about the risks of using Tasers against youngsters.

The committee said research suggests there was a risk children could suffer a "serious cardiac event".

It recommended that officers should be "particularly vigilant" for any health problems suffered as a direct result of someone being shot with a Taser.

And it added that guidelines should be updated to highlight the risks to children and "adults of small stature".

Amnesty International claims Tasers have been responsible for 220 deaths in America since 2001.

Many cities in the U.S. have banned their use against minors. In Britain, fears have been raised that the one-year trial could compromise public safety if it is not carefully handled.

Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman Nick Clegg said the pilot projects had to be conducted with "great caution and rigour".

The Association of Chief Police Officers said Tasers would be made available at incidents of "violence and threats of violence of such severity that they will need force".

The Tasers fire barbed darts into their victims and deliver powerful electric shocks via a copper wire. They are intended to be a 'less lethal' alternative to regular police weapons.

They were first introduced in the UK in 2003 and have been deployed several dozen times.

Police Minister Tony McNulty failed to mention that Government advisors had warned of a potential risk to children.

But he confirmed that medical assessments had confirmed the risk of death or serious injury from Tasers was 'low'. The Home Office stressed that nonfirearms officers will not be routinely armed with Tasers.

Instead the weapons will be "readily available" for specific incidents of violence where force may be needed by police.

Officers taking part in the 12-month pilot scheme will undergo a rigorous selection procedure and will have to undergo a training programme approved by the Association of Chief Police Officers.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/li...in_article_id=479511&in_page_id=1770&ito=1490
 
Mar 13, 2003
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Y-S said:
Police will be allowed to shoot children with Taser stun guns despite concerns they could trigger heart attacks.
This is all i needed to read! Come on man children?! I know that when they use the word "children" it's more intened to violent teens, right?! If a police officer or should i say officers b/c every encounter i have been in or witnessed there has alway's been more than 1 officer present at the scene, so if the officers cannot restrain a child or a teen (which unless the person is on some PCP bullshit) then they just going to automatically use the taser gun?!......Yea right i bet the 1st thing they go for!
 
Nov 20, 2005
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crazy!! in the US a parent cant even lay their hand on their kid but muthafuckas wanna use stun guns. that's some bullshit.

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Apr 8, 2005
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^ parents arent saints in shining badges risking their lives to beat innocent people, steal drugs, and protect us all from our rights. they dont deserve such things