[Jagdgewehr]

Tasers can be lethal. It should not be routine when there are other options and it is not a real life-threatening situation.

True. Most "less-lethal" weapons can be used in a lethal manner. On many departments, "lethal" includes using any weapon in a manner that can produce both death or serious bodily injury. No one weapon, less-lethal or not, should be a cure-all for any situation. There are times when just using your "defensive tactics" skills are all that's required.

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

Didn't there used to be a "warning shot" protocol? Or, like, "stop, in the name of the law!"? If the suspect is unarmed, i.e., no weapon, no one on the scene has suffered life-threatening injuries, and the manager can supply the name and address of the suspect...is there a real urgency to bag and tag the suspect at the scene? Or are we seeing a hasty and reckless use of this device to subdue individuals purely for the convenience?

They didn't have tasers back in the '60s but I'm trying to imagine how Barney Fife would have arrested a teenager in a disorderly conduct situation.