[DCBurgess58]

The tazer was originally intended to be an altenative to deadly force in dangerous situations. I had no problems with that. I would much rather see a knife wielding crazy tazed, than a police officer stabbed trying to disarm them. As it stands now, the tazer is used routinley and frequently to get people to obey police commands. I have seen so many incedents of it’s use recently, to force obedience, that have decided that it’s use should be ended. 50,000 volts can and does kill. Police agencys across the country are totally out of control with this technology. As for anyone who disagrees with me on this, You will probably change your mind when you encouter a rude unreasonable officer who trounces on your rights. Stop and argue, get tazed.

[Mr. Quarterpanel]

As for anyone who disagrees with me on this...

I'll taser you for that!!!

[sarasmom]

I tend to agree with you, except for the fact that tasers are being overused.
I also have recently seen more than a few highly publicised cases where tasers shouldn’t even have been used in the first place (repeatedly reported by the MSM every night)but the number of actual tasering incidents still seem rare and widely scattered.

Is there a reporting requirement for police departments to record and publically report the number of incidents of taser discharges?
If not, there should be, IMHO.