Taser Deaths: Taser Is Not Term Paper

" (White and Ready, 2007) These do not fall within appropriate Taser use recommendations. It is concluded that when Tasers are used against subject that immediate emergency room care should be ensured. This study includes in the findings that there is a great need for empirical research on use of the Taser. SUMMARY and CONCLUSION

The implications are clearly held to view in this research that abuse of proper use of the Taser, either on the wrong individual, in the wrong manner, for too long in duration, by improperly trained officers, in departments void of appropriate standards and regulations, during verbal resistance but no physical resistance, on passive individuals, and finally without having emergency room treatment immediately following the use of the Taser on a subject has resulted in deaths due to Taser use and that Taser death is, in the majority of cases, not the cause of death, but instead may be blamed upon the officer who is in control of the Taser or the department in its failure to properly train, inform, and regulate the use of the Taser by its police force.

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Bibliography

Jayadev, Raj (2007) Wake Forest Taser Study Ignores the Elephant in the Room, 294 Dead and Counting. South Bay. 18 Oct 2007. Online available at http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/10/18/18454575.php

Rose, Veronica (2007) Taser Use Guidelines. OLR Research Report 2007-R-0068 18 Jan 2007. Online available at http://www.cga.ct.gov/2007/rpt/2007-R-0068.htm

Tomaschko, Lauren (2005) Riding Lightning: A Strategic Assessment Concerning the Use of Tasers in Law Enforcement. Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office. 2005 May. Online available at http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/fcjei/analyst_info/analyst%20academy/assessments%20class%204/lauren%20tomaschko%20assessment.pdf

White, Michael D. And Ready, Justin (2007) the TASER as a Less Lethal Force Alternative: Findings on the Use and Effectiveness in a Large Metropolitan Police Agency. Police Quarterly 2007 10; 170 Online available at http://pqx.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/10/2/170.
Claims over Tasers' Safety are Challenged (2004) Sudden Taser Death Syndrome Emergency Medicine Law 2004 Nov 6. Online available at http://symtym.com/2004/11/sudden_taser_death_syndrome/
Taser Technology Report (nd) Durham Police Department. Online available at http://www.durhampolice.com/news/pdf/070921_1.pdf
Kumaraswamy, Nanthakumar, et al. (2006) Cardiac Electrophysiological Consequences of Neuromuscular Incapacitating Device Discharges. Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 48 No. 4, 2006. Online available at http://www.charlydmiller.com/LIB08/2006AugAmCollCardiolTaserStudy.pdf


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