Sentences with phrase «electric shock weapons»

This kind of police brutality is hard to prosecute because electric shock weapons rarely leave lasting marks.

There are discussions in some federal states to equip police officers with electric shock weapons (aka «tasers») to «close the gap between baton, pepper spray and handgun».

Also, electric shock weapons can endanger the life of suspects with heart conditions, in these cases, they are not as harmless as expected (Amnesty International claims US law enforcement officers killed over 500 people with them between 2001 and 2012).

Opponents point out that in countries where police officers are already equipped with electric shock weapons, officers frequently abuse them by causing unnecessary pain to suspects which could be subdued in other ways (not necessarily representative example: the «don't tase me, bro!»

While the latest study found that the electric shock weapon reduces the rate of police injury, it also determined that police use of firearms remained unchanged.