Just strikes me as a young, inexperienced officer just dying to use his Taser and not wanting to get his uniform dirty.
The Taser was just getting a start in most police forces about the time I retired ... all the classes that included the Taser gave specific instructions that the unit should only be used within a certain age group (18-45) unless the officers thought they were in danger short of the need for deadly force.
Almost sounds that way (the cops) doesn’t it.
I think that 18 to 45 might be expanded in some circumstances, but it strikes me that it’s use might prove fatal in an older person. 80? Come on... I’d sure hate to kill an old lady because she had a cane and I didn’t want her to have it.
Thanks for your comments.