Policy describes rules for taser
September 24, 2007
Heidi Gill learned the hard way that disobeying a Warren police officer’s orders could be enough reason to be jolted by the electrical shock from a Taser gun, according to the department’s use-of-force policy.
Says Rick Mahan, coordinator of the Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy in Youngstown: "It’s a better form of non-lethal weapon."
Even the manufacturer no longer calls the weapon "non-lethal." And yet police continue to use it as though it were.
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Again, I wasn’t there, but one question remains, did the officer attempt to use other lesser means of force to subdue her? Or perhaps he could have just let her run away, who cares.
I doubt she’ll be convicted of kicking the patrol cars window out or the alleged escape. Had I just been electrocuted by this officer while handcuffed, and placed in the back seat? I too might try to escape, what’s next? I remember once having to taze a suspect who was handcuffed. But he was about 6-04, 280 pounds, muscle bound, fresh out of the joint, and under the influence of PCP.
In this case had the officer maintained a decent standard of physical conditioning, he may have been able to place control holds, arm controls, wrist locks, twist locks, come along techniques on Heidi Gill. Or how about a little OC pepper spray. Or if necessary, a carotid restraint. Regardless, if she was that violent, why didn’t he have her legs restrained to prevent further incident.
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