Santa Clara County Sheriff Bob Jonsen maintained there has been no scientifically established conclusion that Tasers induce fatal cardiac effects.
Santa Clara County leaders may equip sheriff's deputies with Tasers as uses of force trend downward.The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted 4-1 -- with President Susan Ellenberg opposed -- to explore implementing Tasers for deputies at a smaller scale than Sheriff Bob Jonsen originally requested. After an hour of public comment in which most speakers called Tasers deadly and ripe for lawsuits, supervisors said they were open to the weapon -- but not ready to sign off.
that followed police altercations involving Tasers, while others referred to a recent sheriff's report finding a majority of use of force cases in the county impacted people of color.That report also shows a 21% decrease last year in uses of force such as pepper spray, physical grabbing and hitting -- from 798 incidents in 2022 to 627 incidents in 2023. Of those incidents, 143 occurred in the field and 484 occurred in the jails.
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