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More Painful.
Priti Patel's Taser shocker: Home Secretary lets police use 'more painful' stun guns that experts warn can pose a risk to passers-by
Scientists warned Taser 7 may lead to more internal injuries and broken bones
It will be up to individual forces if they buy the Taser 7 and train officers to use it
Miss Patel said the model is a 'safe and effective tool for apprehending criminals'
They also warned that passers-by now risk being hit by probes which inflict the electric shock as the Taser 7 allows them to detach from the gun after being fired.
The Taser, introduced in Britain in 2003, incapacitates a target with a high-voltage electric pulse which causes muscle spasms.
The scientists said the Taser 7’s probes are more powerful than previous models and this implies it will be more effective but ‘may be more painful for the subject’.
They added that ‘free-flying probes... present a hazard to bystanders and officers located down-range of the subject in the event of a probe miss’.
Once detached from the muzzle of the weapon, probes can travel up to 80ft, said the experts.
Suspects shocked by the Taser 7 may have ‘an elevated risk of internal injury’ and such injuries ‘may become more prevalent’, the assessment went on.
The shock it generates ‘may elevate the risk of skull and other bony injuries associated with uncontrolled falls and may increase the risk of musculoskeletal injury due to a more forceful muscle contraction’.
The probes have more momentum so there is ‘an anticipated increase in the incidence of darts penetrating the body to their full depth’.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8660135/Priti-Patel-lets-police-use-painful-stun-guns-experts-warn-pose-risk-passers-by.html
Scientists warned Taser 7 may lead to more internal injuries and broken bones
It will be up to individual forces if they buy the Taser 7 and train officers to use it
Miss Patel said the model is a 'safe and effective tool for apprehending criminals'
They also warned that passers-by now risk being hit by probes which inflict the electric shock as the Taser 7 allows them to detach from the gun after being fired.
The Taser, introduced in Britain in 2003, incapacitates a target with a high-voltage electric pulse which causes muscle spasms.
The scientists said the Taser 7’s probes are more powerful than previous models and this implies it will be more effective but ‘may be more painful for the subject’.
They added that ‘free-flying probes... present a hazard to bystanders and officers located down-range of the subject in the event of a probe miss’.
Once detached from the muzzle of the weapon, probes can travel up to 80ft, said the experts.
Suspects shocked by the Taser 7 may have ‘an elevated risk of internal injury’ and such injuries ‘may become more prevalent’, the assessment went on.
The shock it generates ‘may elevate the risk of skull and other bony injuries associated with uncontrolled falls and may increase the risk of musculoskeletal injury due to a more forceful muscle contraction’.
The probes have more momentum so there is ‘an anticipated increase in the incidence of darts penetrating the body to their full depth’.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8660135/Priti-Patel-lets-police-use-painful-stun-guns-experts-warn-pose-risk-passers-by.html