tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8929303084525888415.post1260592462147861480..comments2023-11-02T11:40:44.103+00:00Comments on Constableconfused.com: Three weeks in.Constable Confused.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08826293130119465865noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8929303084525888415.post-56579844141021971432009-10-23T16:07:00.089+01:002009-10-23T16:07:00.089+01:00Sorry if this sounds like a dumb question but are ...Sorry if this sounds like a dumb question but are tasers not standard issue for all patrol officers? I know it is for us. We are required to have them in the car. Carrying them is a personal choice but the bossed like us to have at least one officer with less lethal on calls.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8929303084525888415.post-90481922999658051802009-09-03T17:35:56.104+01:002009-09-03T17:35:56.104+01:00CC, I must apologise for bringing a BTD with me wh...CC, I must apologise for bringing a BTD with me when I visited last time.Old BEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06974090439936326476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8929303084525888415.post-17932969471546395842009-09-03T16:24:13.664+01:002009-09-03T16:24:13.664+01:00"The difference is - of course - that it mere..."The difference is - of course - that it merely incapacitates rather than doing lasting damage. So it's more like CS than a gun."<br /><br />What a relief - of course - that the expert on everything is amongst us to provide an answer to the unasked question.Dr Melvin T Graynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8929303084525888415.post-15546688160189372432009-09-03T15:45:29.853+01:002009-09-03T15:45:29.853+01:00I think your role amply justifies the use of a tas...I think your role amply justifies the use of a taser ie as a response officer.<br /><br />If you have to deploy the weapon, (and like you I'm ex-forces) then it should be used in a disciplined fashion. However the short, and nasty shock of a taser, compared with blunt force trauma is in my view a fair exchange for your customer.<br /><br />I am pleased that front liners aqre being equiped with the 'tools' they need to do the job, and bugger the Human Rights Act. Why should their perceived 'rights' overreach that of the victim, or those preventing or assisting in detaining a criminal.<br /><br />Best of luck to you on the application.<br /><br />TomTom102https://www.blogger.com/profile/13349196217553261791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8929303084525888415.post-86114402235149425812009-09-03T01:24:16.749+01:002009-09-03T01:24:16.749+01:00CC,
It's nice to see that Response are being ...CC,<br /><br />It's nice to see that Response are being issued with Taser in most forces.<br /><br />My force is one of the very few who is NOT issuing to Response.. so as such we are in our rural, out of the way area, in the exact same position we were in BEFORE the govt roll out of taser... shit out of luck! (IE call up the firearms unit to come and assist - or now call up the firearms unit or perhaps the big knuckle dragger squad to come out and assist or whatever that other unit is that's been lucky enough to end up with the tasers).<br /><br />Oh well, perhaps some day some one will wake up and EVERY force will be told to do EVERYTHING the same.. thus making the UNIFORM SERVICE "UNIFORM". :-)<br /><br />Anyway, glad to hear that red-dotting someone works....<br /><br />BAL.PC Blogs A Lottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08043615893535383072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8929303084525888415.post-34512504841713124552009-09-01T21:58:54.266+01:002009-09-01T21:58:54.266+01:00I await the criticism.
Most criticism seems to be...<i>I await the criticism.</i><br /><br />Most criticism seems to be based on the idea that a taser looks like a gun and fires something out of it.<br /><br />The difference is - of course - that it merely incapacitates rather than doing lasting damage. So it's more like CS than a gun.<br /><br />Do you think you will be more likely to use your taser than your baton? I would think that in many situations being shot by a taser would be preferable to being thumped with a stick.Old BEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06974090439936326476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8929303084525888415.post-57475789863435010952009-09-01T19:34:49.973+01:002009-09-01T19:34:49.973+01:00Will be pleased to oblige, if it ever comes to tha...Will be pleased to oblige, if it ever comes to that mate.<br /><br />Regards.Constable Confused.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08826293130119465865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8929303084525888415.post-31198874898877475022009-09-01T19:01:01.258+01:002009-09-01T19:01:01.258+01:00Still got my original CS (unused) you've remin...Still got my original CS (unused) you've reminded me to hand it back as it's way past it's sell by date.<br /><br />Good luck on your application, and hope Mrs CC is well .. I expect a cabbie when next up your way<br /><br />SOCStressed Out Cophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09822426269877730126noreply@blogger.com