I think every miss use of Tasers has been by men.
And have nothing against female police.
But are Tasers needed more by smaller framed women police?
Meant to help save lives police and arrested people it has often killed worldwide.

Spot on Antiseptic. And to add too that, excessive power breeds excess.

Despite any personal conflicts between StG and Belly, the problem is that tasers are an instrument of torture.
If you don't like an offender for example just taser and revive, continue for your personal vengeance.

Despite all the nonsense I've heard today on this subject and I will state that I have experienced threats involving survival and survived,
that these situations are resolved by being more aggressive than the offender. That is the fact.

But having said that, after having disabled a threat, there is no excuse for continuing to inflict pain or suffering,
unless you are criminal or sociopathic perhaps, because the aggressor then becomes the victim.

In the appalling case in Qld on video evidence, the police officers involved in this torturous treatment of a captive offender should be prosecuted to the the full extent of the law. Such behaviour should be clearly defined in the mind of every police officer as criminal.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/18/2601290.htm

The link involves another Qld police taser related incident involving the death of the offender.

And finally Rehctub I say to you without equivocation. Get a life !.

Sorry but I see no fault in the way STG and I cross swords.
Fact is we are both a bit prickly, and have never been in to verbally hugging one another, our views differ.
But in starting the thread posting in it, I never lost sight of both police right to go home safe and prisoners right too.
No prisoners are not always nice, I think some form of restraint is needed, even that Tasers may be it.
Well are in fact it, just now media has storys about capsicum spray used on children, one a girl.
We often challenge the police for being just what we want them to be, but are some over using Tasers?
Yes, are some too quick to forget the spitting thing in front of them is human? yep.
I support our police, actively often, but every now and again a story reminds us a few are not in the right job.
CORNY? maybe but let me tell you a good cop is worth much more than we pay him/her a bad one betrays his uniform.