[news] Cops Clear Killer Tasers

[Resist!ca]

Taser advantages outweigh risks: Cdn police report OTTAWA (CP) - The advantages of Tasers and other so-called "conducted energy devices" used by police far outweigh the risks, despite a lack of definitive research on the subject, concludes a report for Canadian police chiefs. Although there have been reports of deaths, no evidence exists that shows the devices - known in police parlance as CEDs - alone are to blame, says the study by the Canadian Police Research Centre, released Monday.The new study, presented at the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police annual meeting, acknowledges that there are "no known, scientifically tested, independently verified and globally accepted CED safety parameters." Read the whole article here: http://redbetweenthelines.modblog.com/core.mod?show=blogview&blog_id=718344

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/8/23/17128/7213