The mortality rate of the taser gun that controls opponents with electric shock shock was higher than I thought

ByChristopher Paul

In the United States, a law enforcement agency such as a police electric shock is given to the opponent with a strong current in order to use it for criminal suspectsTaser gunHas been widely adopted. Although it has been told that the taser gun basically does not affect human life because it does not shoot bullets like a pistol and seals movement of the opponent with only electric shock, in reality it is more than expected It is clear from the survey that there are cases in which the opponent is dead in the case.

Tasers Are A Deadly Factor In Far More Police Encounters Than Previously Thought, Study Finds
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This survey was carried out by Reuters and more than 1,000 cases of death of the partner have been confirmed so far after the use of the taser gun. It is such an example that was seen mostly in the early 2000s, but among them there are 153 cases in which the use of the taser gun is the direct cause, and this is the 24 cases claimed by the manufacturer It is much more than it.

Police officials who are actually using taser guns and Axon Enterprise, which sells taser guns, claim that they can save people's lives by properly using the taser gun, and their spokesperson Steve Tuttle, executive officer, says that it is "the safest way of enforcement that law enforcement agencies can use." But there are no formal data to support them in these claims.

According to Axon, the taser gun is used by 90% of the police agencies in the United States, and it is said that 3 million times are used in one year. The company announced 24 deaths caused by a taser gun, of which 18 were caused by crashing of launched electrodes or the like and the remaining six were caused by flames caused by sparks caused by electric current I will. Axon also says that no death cases have occurred, such as cardiac arrest due to currents.

ByDavid

But Reuters announces the following facts based on the coverage.

· Nine out of ten people who died are unarmed and one in four suffer from mental illness or neuropathy
· Of the cases that resulted in fatal consequences, more than 100 cases were healthy and a phone call of 911 (corresponding to 110 in Japan) was triggered when an emergency occurred
· For more than 400 cases of death, documents on details of the accident were submitted to the court, and in the quarter case the police used only the taser gun
· In 193 cases of 442 incidents that mistakenly died, the municipal authorities and their insurance companies paid a total of $ 172 million (about 18.8 billion yen), but since this information is confidential, The amount of the legal settlement of money is surely surpassed.

Axon warns the police when the opponent is in extreme excitement, or warns the use of a taser gun while doing strange behavior. Moreover, in recent years, when it is understood that the other person has obviously a mental illness or when it is suspected, it warns the use of the taser gun. However, it does not indicate a recommended example of what to actually use in case. Also, Axon is not prohibiting the use against a person with a clear mental illness.

ByJames Provost