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Hi,
One tip everyone who thinks about
non-lethal TASER type electrical stun guns, cattle prods, etc as an
alternative to guns or more conventional weapons-----they have no
immediate effect on persons high on inhalents or certain controlled
substances. In my reservation days I was involved in an attempt to
arrest and handcuff a resident who refused to leave a public building
and was very high on spray paint. He had also been involved in several
murders in Mexico. I was unarmed (bad idea) and wearing my only nice
suit. A security guard had a TASER type stun gun and 38/357 revolver. He
got one handcuff on and all hell broke loose. Ten or fiftteen minutes
later we had the subject pinned on the floor, my guard had a broken
shoulder and other injuries and my suit was torn and bloodied up,
fortunately with the subject's fluids. We had completely discharged the
stun device
into the subject's torso and face without noticeable
effect. At the worst point I ordered the guard to shoot the subject but
he didn"t and lost control of the gun.
Fortunately no other bystanders had the nerve to intervene
on behalf of the subject. Finally two deputies arrived and the arrest
was completed. The next day in the hospital the subject had his muscles
knotted up all over and was in considerable pain. At the festivities he
apparently felt nothing. Don't depend on electricity to save the day!
In B'ham, Al the PD had a similar problem thrying to shock a naked
person on PCP at a bus station. The Taser/stun gun had no detectable
effect. The four officers tried to tacale the large
subject and they got shocked as he was still charged. The incident ended
even worse when the subject died from impacts from a net device deployed
on poles.
Years ago at Eagle Pass a city PD officer named Sifuentes literally blew
a guy's eyes out of his head discharging a tear gas billy club into his
face during a fight booking a subject into the County jail. Admittedly
it was a 12 guage tear gas shell. That's why tear gas billies
disappeared.
Nonlethal stuff sounds good but has effective problems.
About the best idea is Remington plastic pellet riot shotgun
shells.
Stings at 25 yards; kills at 3. They allow a graduated
defense.
Well
back to F cars.
Happy
4th of July Independence Day Weekend!
Ciao!
Dale
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