So much for learning from your mistakes.....

After the death of Robert Dzieanski a while back as a result of over-exposure to shock treatment from the use of police tazers the logical thing for any responsible government would be to limit and restrict the use of tazers as a result of this incident? Right? RIGHT?

WRONG

An excerpt from the article suggests that the ruling committee that was put in charge to insure these incidents never happened again called for "clear restrictions" on officers discharging stun guns multiple times and recommended they limit use to cases where the suspect is combative or poses a "risk of death and grievous bodily harm." Any reasonable and rational person would see the reasoning in doing so but nevertheless the federal government has not only ruled in favour of allowing tazer use but has also removed TWO PREVIOUS RESTRICTIONS on their intended usage, give police more leeway to utilize them.

You have to wonder where is the responsible governance in all of this? There was a public outcry, the committee in charge determined that tazer use should be limited, and a Montreal professorPierre Sauvard who studies the effects of electrical shock on the heart agreed with much of what the committee appointed said. The result? Less restrictions and more liberty for police officers to use tazers to incapacitate delinquents.

I do not believe we should totally abolish physical incapacitation for people that are getting out of hand but the fact of the matter is the officer charged with the death of Mr. Dzieanski was caught on footage tazering him four times....while he was on the ground. We are all human and make mistakes and act irrationally at times, and I am sure the officer did not intend to kill Mr. Dzieanski, but ultimately that's what happens when you put weapons in people's hands. Why don't they create a stun gun that only has a maximum life of 30 seconds before it requires a 5-10 minute cooldown? I don't doubt the technology exists to create such a unit.....but time will tell if these newly lifeted restrictions lead to more avoidable deaths.