[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: Another death following taser use. Dominic Graffeo, 56, died after police “tried to subdue him with a taser”, which “he was able to block”. Police were called for “an emotionally disturbed person”. Mr Graffeo had barricaded himself in his room and refused to talk to a crisis negotiator used by the police. […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: The Berkeley police shooting death of an 18 yr-old mentally ill woman must not be used as an excuse for introducing tasers: Tasers can be lethal too. The Berkeley death of Kayla Moore, who suffered from mental illness and used drugs, would not have been prevented if the police had used a […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: A call to Chicago police for help with a mentally ill man, Philip Coleman, a University of Chicago graduate, led to an arrest, a TASER being repeatedly deployed and an outraged family. “He needed to go to a hospital,” his father says. Instead, he was taken to a Chicago police station and a […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS : Matthew Roke, 33, who suffered from paranoid schizophrenia, died in May 2012 after he was shot by Ontario Provincial Police when he confronted them with a knife. The jury recommended that Tasers be available in all interactions between police and people armed with weapons other than firearms. More attention should be […]
[[SUMMARY/COMMENTS: rcmp says a taser didn’t work on a man “who had weapons” – only then did they call in crisis negotiators, a police dog unit and the Emergency Response Team.]] GlobalNews.ca PILOT BUTTE, Sask. – Saskatchewan RCMP say they fired a Taser at a man but it didn’t work. Mounties say they were called […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: Having a taser does not mean the police must use it … A police officer faced with a knife-wielding person threatening someone’s life would be permitted to use a gun even if a Taser was available, a coroner’s inquest heard Wednesday. Three minutes after paramedics found Matthew Roke, 33, who died from […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: If threatened with a knife, Ontario police can use a gun even if they also have tasers available, the coroner’s inquest on the death of Matthew Roke, 33, heard Wednesday. Mr Roke suffered from paranoid schizophrenia. He was shot before a supervising officer arrived on scene with a taser. A police-officer points out: […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: Wider rollout of tasers in Victoria: Officers in all 24-hour stations in country Victoria will get Tasers after police trialled the devices in six major regional centres, mostly in cases of people either on drugs or alcohol or with mental illness or a combination of factors trying to do harm to themselves […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: The Police Union, representing 150 officers, in the “socialist republic” of Berkeley is the calling for the city to provide its officers with tasers, following an attack (by a man with mental health issues) on a police officer last week in West Berkeley … the Berkeley Police Association is once again calling […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: Using tasers to control a woman in psychiatric crisis? An emotionally disturbed woman, “running amok” naked among parked cars at 4.30 a.m. was “restrained with a taser”. Is this the most appropriate intervention?]] Liverpool Echo, by Alan Selby Woman wearing nothing but shoes restrained by officers at 4.30am A ‘naked’ woman was […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: A review article – global – of the use of tasers on people presenting mental health emergencies, who appear specially vulnerable. Also discusses problems of conflict of interests in much of the research.]] International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, by Anthony J. O’Brien and Katey Thom Abstract: The proliferation of Tasers among […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: Phillip A. McCue, 28, of Bangor, who has mental health problems, died in custody. The medical examiner’s office said he had been stunned by a taser. His parents heard of this two days later when their son was in an intensive care unit. They were told he had a complete cardiac arrest. […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: Hatchel P. “Trey” Adams III, 36, died when he was taken into custody in December 2009 after being shot several times with Tasers at least four times while he was being taken into emergency custody on mental health issues. His mother sued the eight police officers involved. The City of Hampton has […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: Taser to prevent suicide – in this case it worked OK, but it could have been life-threatening … . A 51-yr-old man threatened to jump off a bridge over the Hudson River. As he approached the railing the police tasered him. He wasn’t injured but was sent for a mental health evaluation.]] […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: In the light of the rise of confrontation with people suffering from mental health problems, frontline police officers in New South Wales will be given training on how to handle incidents involving such people. Although this will involve only a full-day course, it is a step in the right direction. “If a […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS : Police Officer Bryon Vassey “had no choice” to shoot a mentally-ill child because “he left his Taser home” when Bryon’s family called 911 for medical help. “We don’t have time for this” – and he shot the child.]] Prison Planet NORTH CAROLINA — A cop who said “We don’t have time […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: Following the death of three mentally ill Toronto residents who were shot by police – Reyal Jardine-Douglas, Sylvia Klibingaitis and Michael Eligon were all gunned down after approaching officers with knives or scissors – a coroner’s jury recommends that Police should “maximize emphasis on verbal de-escalation techniques” in their training. “If the […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: An excellent conclusion: Following the death of three mentally ill Toronto residents who were shot by police – Reyal Jardine-Douglas, Sylvia Klibingaitis and Michael Eligon were all gunned down after approaching officers with knives or scissors – a coroner’s jury recommends that Police should “maximize emphasis on verbal de-escalation techniques” in their […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: Excited delirium is here reported as a relatively accepted disease category …. Police shooting death (not taser) blamed on “excited delirium”. 28-year-old Anesson Joseph was shot dead (not tasered) after a rampage driven to violence by an acute psychotic episode – ‘excited delirium.’ In the police’s words. “Conrad Hopper fought violently with […]
[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: Alain Magloire buried as controversy surrounds his shooting-death by Montreal Police. His family is demanding answers. A public inquiry into his death. According to police, Mr Magloire was shot while police were waiting for a taser to arrive on the scene. The inquiry is expected to examine procedures during emergency interventions involving […]