Cop tasers man who refuses to sign speeding ticket

[sooners04]

So, the officer has to take a chance of himself getting hurt as well because this guy can't follow verbal instructions? Put yourself in the officer's shoes, he is trying to do a job that pays lousy and he still wants to go home in one piece. The taser in this case was the best option.

[thegodfather]

So, the officer has to take a chance of himself getting hurt as well because this guy can't follow verbal instructions? Put yourself in the officer's shoes, he is trying to do a job that pays lousy and he still wants to go home in one piece. The taser in this case was the best option.

Tasers are a less than lethal option for police officers to use IN LIEU OF shooting them with their firearm. They are to be used when a suspect is potentially threatening the LIFE of the officer. They are not to be used after giving a person a verbal instruction two times, and immediately escalating the situation to force. Again, these are not NON-LETHAL means of force, there are very dangerous risks to using these things. I find it disturbing how people in this thread are justifying and advocating a means of torture against otherwise law obedient citizens.

Again, these devices were intended for suspects who pose a serious threat to an officers life, and as an option to using lethal force on the suspect to save the suspects life. It is not a first line of defense, or at least it was not intended to be, it seems that law enforcement has seriously lost site of this. The police are there to serve the people.

[Coop77]

So, the officer has to take a chance of himself getting hurt as well because this guy can't follow verbal instructions? Put yourself in the officer's shoes, he is trying to do a job that pays lousy and he still wants to go home in one piece. The taser in this case was the best option.

Uh.. yeah, he does have to take that chance. That's the job he signed up for. You could make the same argument for him pulling his gun and shooting the guy for not obeying. Tasers, batons, guns, pepper spray - they all should be used for defense only. That guy did not attack the officer.