I've seen it all... A ME that thinks she knows how the police should operate. This is too funny. I thought a ME's job was to perform autopsies, not create police policies. Coroner says Taser use could have been avoided with better police training MONTREAL — A Quebec coroner says better police training could have helped officers subdue a Montreal man without firing an electronic stun gun that may have contributed to his death. Quilem Registre died last year, four days after Montreal police zapped him several times with a Taser. In her report, coroner Catherine Rudel-Tessier says the Taser cannot be blamed for Registre's death. However, she says the fact he was struck six times may have been a contributing factor. Rudel-Tessier says electronic stun guns can be effective policing tools and should be used instead of firearms whenever possible. She says if the officers had been better trained they could have brought the agitated Registre under control without the use of a Taser. The 38-year-old was stopped by Montreal police in October 2007 for driving erratically. Police say he was intoxicated and aggressive and they used the stun gun - which emits a 50,000-volt electrical charge - to subdue him. The Black Coalition of Quebec is holding a news conference Friday morning to react to Rudel-Tessier's report. (22 hrs ago | post #212)
Police shoot man, then use Taser http://www.wausaud ailyherald.com/app s/pbcs.dll/article ?AID=/20080828/WDH 0101/80828077/1981 /WDHopinion Here's good story! New TASER policy: shoot first. If that doesn't stop you - move up to TASER. Zonga/HB should be happy today! (22 hrs ago | post #211)
McCain said to choose Alaska gov as running mate
It doesn't get any better than this! I'm actually interested now. I'd vote for this woman any day! (23 hrs ago | post #36)
An officer, whom police are not naming, deployed a jolt of electricity from the Taser device. Lying on the ground, Harlan refused orders to remove his arms from under his body, according to police. The officer then administered a second "brief" Taser burst, and Harlan complied. A short time later, police said, Harlan became unresponsive, and the four officers on the scene requested emergency medical assistance. Before Randolph County Ambulance District personnel arrived, Harlan stopped breathing, and an officer initiated rescue breathing until medics arrived. http://www.columbi atribune.com/2008/ Aug/20080828News01 1.asp Carry on, Zonga... This is a non-story. You're living in a dream world... (Yesterday | post #210)
Sounds like a normal arrest to me. Does anyone else (besides Zonga & hw) think this was excessive force? (Yesterday | post #209)
Which is it? Did he die in the gutter, or at the medical center? (Yesterday | post #208)
Jury clears sheriff's officers in theme-park Taser incident Tucson, Arizona | Published: 08.28.2008 By unanimous verdict, a federal jury found two members of the Pima County Sheriff's Department acted appropriately when they used a Taser on a man in 2003 while he was at a concert at Old Tucson Studios. Francisco Sanchez sued the Sheriff's Department, Sheriff Clarence Dupnik, Lt. Karl Woolridge and Deputy Donald Doyle, seeking damages for the incident. Sanchez was attending a concert on May 25, 2003, at the theme park just west of Gates Pass when members of the crowd became unruly, according to court documents. Deputies on the scene used a Taser and arrested Sanchez, who was later found not guilty of any criminal wrongdoing. But after two hours of deliberation, the jury ruled Woolridge and Doyle acted appropriately and without excessive force. Sanchez received no compensation. In a statement, the Pima County Sheriff's Department said the case "just shows that the public does appreciate and recognize the difficult situation that law enforcement officers do on a daily basis." (Thursday | post #12)
Hospitalized woman grabs gun, shoots self in head
Why in the world would an "armed" guard or police officer keep their gun in a lockbox? Did you even think about what you were asking before you posted the question? (Thursday | post #6)
Hospitalized woman grabs gun, shoots self in head
What would have been funny is if she would have grabbed the guard's Taser and shot herself in the head. (Thursday | post #5)
Great movie! I'd give my arm for one of those in my collection! (Wednesday | post #10)
The police-haters have several websites that spew forth nothing but nonsense. TASER & cop, hand in hand - seem to wonder aimlessly through the night, stalking & killing members of society from all walks of life. You can't reason with most of these people. There's nothing there to work with. (Wednesday | post #8)
If attempting to sell a bit of common sense to those of you that have none is in violation of my Topix agreement, then yes - I'm guilty. (Wednesday Aug 27 | post #5)
Yea, there was a time in history when they were "sure" that the world was flat... (Wednesday Aug 27 | post #3)
Alrighty then... I'm not sure what you're trying to say here, but if you're making sense to yourself, I say go for it! Get all these conflicting emotions off your chest - might make you feel better. I'm here for you man... (Wednesday Aug 27 | post #201)
From the the following anti-TASER website: "Since late December 2005, Patti Gillman (owner of this website, TNT - Truth ... Not Tasers) and Cameron Ward have continued to record the names of those who have died after they were tasered." #364. August 4, 2008: Jerry Jones, 45, Beaumont, Texas Truth - not TASER: Cocaine overdose, not Taser, cause of death for man in Orange police custody By MARGARET TOAL August, 26, 2008 ORANGE- A 45-year-old man in the custody of Orange police died of ingesting a lethal amount of cocaine, not from the shock of a Taser gun, according to autopsy results. Detective Capt. S.E. Robinson said the autopsy from the Jefferson County Medical Examiners Office showed Jerry Jones died Aug. 4 of a cocaine overdose. The autopsy and other information on the Taser incident will be taken to the Orange County district attorney's office for review, Robinson said. A grand jury is required to evaluate information in cases involving the death of a person while in police custody, Police Chief Sam Kittrell said. The officer who shocked Jones with the Taser has remained on duty since the Aug. 4 incident, he added. Orange police said Jones was shocked with a Taser gun while lying on top of a 69-year-old woman on the floor of her house. Officers said Jones had followed the woman into her house on Tenth Street shortly after she went out to get the mail. He then threw a blanket on top of her and pushed her to the floor before falling on her, police said. To summon help, the woman pressed a medic alert necklace she was wearing. Medical first responders called police when they saw the situation, police said. Kittrell said Jones was hollering sentences that didn't make sense after officers arrived. He also was described as combative towards officers. (Wednesday Aug 27 | post #1)
