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21Nov
Using Tasers on children
Sunday, November 21, 2004 at 04:03PM
Police officers must make split-second judgments in volatile
situations. But shooting children with Taser stun guns -- except perhaps
in the most dire cases -- is unacceptable. In the past two weeks,
however, police in Miami-Dade County used stun guns to subdue two
children. ... Tasers have their place in law enforcement as an
alternative to deadly force, but must not become the option of first
resort when less-risky intervention tactics exist. Considered a
non-lethal tool, Tasers deliver a highly painful 50,000 volt charge.
Their use has possibly contributed to a number of deaths, and their
safety has never been adequately established by independent studies.
Most important, we know virtually nothing about how they might
adversely affect children, who are quite different physically from
adults. The Miami-Dade Police Department should issue a moratorium on
using Tasers on children until the two cases are investigated and
officers are retrained to react with more prudence. ...
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