ForceHQ 117 Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 I suspect a lot of you have seen it, but it's the first time I've seen it so I thought I'd share: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radman + 2,165 Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 This video shows how the taser whilst a very useful tool should not be relied upon. First taser failed, exposing the deploying officer to extreme danger, when his taser fails to disable the knifeman he is rushed by the suspect. Thankfully the back up taser did work... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeRam + 81 Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 Did the taser fail because he missed or did the bloke just not go down when hit with the juice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty McFly 658 Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 (edited) Did the taser fail because he missed or did the bloke just not go down when hit with the juice? it could be a number of reasons - total miss, only one probe actually connecting with the skin, not a decent enough probe spread, hit an area with low nerve/muscle mass, etc, etc the video goes quite fast however the officer appears to be quite close. Therefore, being an arm chair critic I'm going to go with probe spread Edited May 14, 2015 by Marty McFly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie 606 Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Some idiot who found their way onto the This Morning couch said the use of taser was unreasonable but Philip Schofield quickly put them right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonT + 1,194 Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Tasers are quite limited in their use and i try not to treat them as reliable at all. They definitely have a place but trying to deploy them in kinetic situations is hard It's not the magic panacea / death babnans the press seem to think. I'm.still happy to have one though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC Tom 16 Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Lucky he wasn't shot when charged the officer with the Taser. Though given the circs you'd have to be 100% sure you wouldn't miss (probably best to have left the '36 in the car...). Another example of restraint and professionalism, that could have gone very wrong very quickly. Hopefully the chap can get the help he clearly needs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnie 2,084 Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 (edited) Some idiot who found their way onto the This Morning couch said the use of taser was unreasonable but Philip Schofield quickly put them right! Cherry Healey..... Edited May 16, 2015 by Burnie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo26 + 199 Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 (edited) Philip was almost lost for words. When pressed she was unable to back up her ridiculous comment. What a silly woman. I suspect she is anti anything the police do, and her default reaction was to criticise without thinking. Edited May 16, 2015 by Jimbo26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David + 4,981 Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Here is the stupid woman right here. Next time, really, we should ask her to step in and show us how it's done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shmook + 532 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 "Um, pepper spray" *screws face up into maximum smug mode* I'm sure she would be the first to whine if someone weighed in and started to tell her how to her job when they didn't know the first thing about it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScotLass + 638 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 I love Philip Schofield. What a guy. Poor woman appears to have a case of engaging mouth before brain... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radman + 2,165 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 "I should think so yes..." love the response. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewie_griffin + 484 Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Here's some Germans(?) who really could have done with a Taser: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyB + 451 Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Or back up, or better technique, or their batons, or all 4 officers actually pulling their weight and not getting stuck at tac comms when it's all kicked off. Some background info suggests the civilians were acquitted on viewing of this dashcam (all the footage) as the force escalation was all from the officers and not the suspects and an internal investigation is underway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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