Again debate about taser death after Mitch Henriquez

10-07-2015 00:40
THE HAGUE - If the police had tasers would Michel "Mitch" Henriquez might still be alive. Writing a police officer under the pseudonym Six in a cry for help on the Internet, which is much discussed among agents. MP Gert-Jan Segers (Christian Union) agrees with the call to the police to give as soon as possible stun guns. But the introduction of this device lies idle.
 
,, The taser at the top of my wish list, '' Six policeman slightly increasing. He is annoyed about it that his colleagues have to work with a much too short baton, with "pepper spray ineffective" and that she was only thirty years after pleading finally have a modern firearm.
 
,, All this means the agents must master with only 32 hours of training per year. The statistics prove that the taser save countless lives: excessive violence with fists and batons was not necessary and the firearm can stay in the holster. Agents calling for years for it. ''
 
MP Segers takes the taser a good agent. ,, I have seen the pictures from America where officers in a threatening situation could disable a prisoner without escalation. That's better than a strained situation with tragic consequences, as in the Hague. I want serious again put on the table at the next police taser consideration. ''
 
Arrest teams are now working with tasers, and there was a trial by ordinary police officers. Since it is not yet come, said a spokesman of the police union. Also, VU professor social security Jaap Timmer notes that for years has been silent about the taser. He is not sorry about that. ,, The police is too much multitasking. The thing is basically unsuitable for regular police work.
 
The question is what problem the taser exactly is the solution. No one has an answer. Pepper spray is also introduced in this way, but by calling some re. The promise was that there were fewer guards and civilians get injured because less force would be used. None of these promises has been kept.
 
The firearm is used less, there are no fewer casualties. However, the spray has never been evaluated, he just stacked on the other means of violence from the police. So it threatened to go with the taser '' Moreover.:
 
,, The taser is incredibly expensive and complicated to learn. Agents now have only four training days per year. And then you also have the taser do with it? I would say, first work out better with the resources you have. Not the same as boys run to the store. ''
MP Magda Berndsen (D66) doubts whether a taser in The Hague had made a difference and says it shorter: ,, I think there is not even place on the leash. ''
One surge and you go down
 
The taser has long been in focus as new police weapon. The electroshock weapon would be in the "spectrum of conflict must bridge the gap between the baton and gun. In the US and Australia working since 1999 with the police tasers. Since it quickly grew into the most commonly used police weapon.
 
A taser shoots two electrical wires with high electrical voltage. The weapon can issue a surge by pressing directly against the body. In theory, someone with no injuries being shot with a taser on that, it temporarily paralyzes the muscles and causes intense pain.
 
There are also opponents. D66 MP Magda Berndsen: ,, especially people with heart problems are at risk. The police have enough resources. "" Amnesty International opposes, as the UN Committee against Torture. The risk that officers troublesome detainees in secret will punish; The surge late finally no trace.
 
Taser is an American multinational corporation, but is headquartered in Amsterdam Zuidas.
 
Noordhollands newspaper / Silvan Schoonhoven (Photo: © NHD)

 

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