2005-01-09
SOCIAL CONTROL
Taser® guns are to be carried by Jacksonville, Florida police when assigend to work at schools | An Associated Press release stated that:
What does a Taser® do? When fired the TASER® launches two wire guiding probes which attach to the clothing of the target | Upon impact, it broadcasts electrical signals into the nervous system of the target party | These signals, called TASER-Waves™ jam the nervous system of the target party temporarily |
Toy and game companies are likely to be rushing in to gain social acceptance of tasers® with items such as the one on the right, from outfits like Sonic Jay |
Tasers®, and Taser International, Inc. are not, incidentally, problem free | In terms of safety questions, Taser Inc officials have been questioned by US government regulators regarding the impact they have on people with heart problems, pacemakers or other disabilities, and after reports in The Arizona Republic linked the stun gun to 11 deaths and to injuries involving police officers |
On the financial end, the Securities Exchange Commission has raised questions aout about the sale of 1,000 new consumer stun guns jsut before the end of the fiscal quarter | The reviewers concerns are whether or not the company might me illegally manipulating his books to make the company's fiscal situation look better | No comments were made in that review of recently disgraced Homeland Security Czar candidate Bernie Kerik's connections to Taser International | ¶ 07:08
Taser® guns are to be carried by Jacksonville, Florida police when assigend to work at schools | An Associated Press release stated that:
Some school officials are surprised by the action, saying they were never told by the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office that it planned to issue stun guns to the officers assigned to most middle and high schools.What impact do tasers have? According to Port Huron, [Michigan] police officer David Conley [after being zapped with 50,000 volts of electricity] “It felt like I was pounded into the ground with a tree,” |
The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office has signed a $1.8 million contract with Taser® International to buy 1,800 Tasers® over the next two years |Some parents say the weapons are excessive and could easily be misused, especially with children who have attention-deficit or hyperactivity disorder | Reta Russell-Houghton, president of the Duval County PTA/PSA, representing 154 schools and 4,500 members, said Tasers® in schools are inappropriate because children react differently from adults.
"What officers might perceive as a life-threatening situation at school might not be," she said.
State Sen. Tony Hill, D-Jacksonville, has introduced a bill in the Legislature to ban Tasers® in all Florida schools. He said the bill is waiting to be assigned to a committee | School Superintendent John Fryer declined to comment, saying the topic was premature |
A policy being drafted by the Sheriff's Office said the weapons should not be used on pregnant women or suspects in control of a motor vehicle, in danger of falling from an elevated location or near a pool, lake or flammable liquid or fumes | They also should not be used on animals | The proposed policy does not mention any limitation on students
What does a Taser® do? When fired the TASER® launches two wire guiding probes which attach to the clothing of the target | Upon impact, it broadcasts electrical signals into the nervous system of the target party | These signals, called TASER-Waves™ jam the nervous system of the target party temporarily |
Toy and game companies are likely to be rushing in to gain social acceptance of tasers® with items such as the one on the right, from outfits like Sonic Jay |
Tasers®, and Taser International, Inc. are not, incidentally, problem free | In terms of safety questions, Taser Inc officials have been questioned by US government regulators regarding the impact they have on people with heart problems, pacemakers or other disabilities, and after reports in The Arizona Republic linked the stun gun to 11 deaths and to injuries involving police officers |
On the financial end, the Securities Exchange Commission has raised questions aout about the sale of 1,000 new consumer stun guns jsut before the end of the fiscal quarter | The reviewers concerns are whether or not the company might me illegally manipulating his books to make the company's fiscal situation look better | No comments were made in that review of recently disgraced Homeland Security Czar candidate Bernie Kerik's connections to Taser International | ¶ 07:08
