Posted on November 30 2011 by admin
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: The first known death of a police officer following “voluntary” taser discharges: a 43-year-old officer died two weeks ago, a day after “routine training, including being tasered”. He was physically very active but had a known “heart condition”. Most puzzling is that the family does not want an autopsy, does not seem […]
Posted on November 3 2011 by admin
[[SUMMARY /COMMENTS : Police Officer Curt Saint Germaine, with 22 years service, who refused “voluntary” tasering due to a heart condition known by his employers, is re-instated by the local sheriff after being fired for his refusal. As the local judge comments to the journalist: “If he’s not going to be tased, don’t carry it. […]
Posted on November 3 2011 by admin
[[SUMMARY /COMMENTS: Police Department officer is still in shock, after he was fired for not getting tasered as part of a training exercise. But, a week after the officer was fired, Waynesboro’s Police Chief revoked it, and now that officer says he’s not sure what to expect. – This raises the whole question of the […]
Posted on October 14 2011 by admin
[[SUMMARY /COMMENTS : Raj Rajaratnam represents the ugliest extreme of financial manipulators on Wall Street – the 1% at its crudest, most repulsive. Assistant U.S. Attorney Reed Brodsky described Mr. Rajaratnam as the “modern face of insider trading”, we read. Not surprising therefore that he offered his employees $500 if they agreed to be tasered – […]
Posted on May 15 2011 by admin
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: “Families of the nine Kankakee (pop. 25,000) Junior High School students who sued the city and the local school district after a police officer allegedly shocked them with a Taser have turned down a $90,000 offer last week to dismiss the case their attorney said Thursday.” Parents want changes in police policies, […]
Posted on May 7 2011 by admin
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: “A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a former deputy who said he was wrongly fired by the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Department after refusing to receive a shock from a Taser.” The Judge stated: “Taser exposure “does not result in long-term damage and teaches deputies first-hand the effects of the […]
Posted on February 12 2011 by admin
USA – Mississippi Sheriffs defend use of Taser weapons [during training, too many injuries to “volunteers” …] (2011-02-12) [[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: This “local” story relates to many issues: (1) concern by the public employees’ union that police are getting inured during “voluntary” exposure to taser discharges; (2) potential costs to the city budget of resulting […]
Posted on November 8 2008 by admin
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: A detailed article touching on many problems : Police officers hurt during training sue company, say warnings didn’t suffice. The police underwent a “taser experience”, being told “You can’t really comprehend the Taser, students were told, until you’re Tasered.” In 2003, Officer Peterson fell hard on her neck and two others were […]
Posted on February 1 2008 by admin
[[SUMMARY /COMMENTS : The notes of a journalist who worked on a Radio-Canada documentary by Frédéric Zalac on tasers: many who had stories to tell (police, medical examiners, journalists, etc.) did not want their names or faces to appear on the programme for fear of lawsuits – SLAP – by TASER Inc. lawyers who have […]
Posted on November 19 2007 by admin
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: Dan Husband, an RCMP officer is suing Taser International Inc., its Canadian distributor and the Attorney-General of Canada for injuries he allegedly received when he volunteered to be exposed to the device during a police training course. He is alleging negligence and seeking unspecified exemplary, punitive and aggravated damages in the legal […]
Posted on November 19 2007 by admin
Posted on December 18 2006 by admin
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: American Police officers have been seriously injured in training with the TASER and left with no legal recourse for compensation, according to an independent journalist. One officer: “The TASER ruptured C-5,6 and C-6,7 in my neck. I have had to have my neck fused, because of the severe pain.” In 2005, in […]