The Mobile City Council on Tuesday is set to vote on a proposal to upgrade the Police Department’s arsenal of Taser guns, a purchase that proponents say will improve safety for officers and suspects.
) - The City Council on Tuesday is set to vote on a proposal to upgrade the Police Department’s arsenal of Taser guns, a purchase that proponents say will improve safety for officers and suspects.
The department is moving from the Axon Body 3 to the Axon Body 4. Lewis said the new models have surround sound, which makes it easier to pinpoint where noise is coming from. And he said the camera makes it easier to see someone from head two tow. That can be crucial for capturing things like field sobriety tests of drunken driving suspects.
The Taser 7 fires probes from a string extending 25 feet. Lewis said the effective range is somewhat less than that. with a police officer who stunned him multiple times with a Taser. An autopsy concluded that was not the cause of death. But former U.S. Attorney Kenyen Brown, in aThe report points to data from the stun gun indicating that the officer pressed the right arc button 20 times during the confrontation at with Dallas at Plantation Mobile Home Park July 2.
“So you’re no longer going to be able to do for localized pain compliance,” he said. “It’s only going to be for the full-body pain compliance, the full-body lock-up.”
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