New Haven police want more Tasers
New Haven Police Chief James Lewis wants his entire force to have Tasers.
Lewis said so at Wednesday’s Aldermanic Public Safety Committee meeting, where Aldermen discussed the use of Tasers by the New Haven Police Department. He added that if the board approved funding for more Tasers, city officials should purchase ones that, unlike the ones police use now, don’t have cameras.
Also at the meeting, the committee passed a resolution to accept a federal grant for what committee vice-chair and Ward 22 Alderman Greg Morehead called the first undercover vehicle for the NHPD.
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They are about as safe as a 250ms jaunt in the electric chair. Will you survive? Probably so. Willing to try it? Me neither.
I can think of few groups I would be less willing to allow to have tasers than our bellicose, moronic cops.
I would much rather be hit with a baton for my shenanigans... I am tired of hearing about all of the taser-related deaths on a daily basis, yet, they are considered safe. yeah. ok.