Curb Use of Tasers

Winnipeg Free Press (October 10, 2009)

Author: Anonymous
Permanent Link: http://ca.vlex.com/vid/curb-use-of-tasers-68344619
Id. vLex: VLEX-68344619

Acceda a este documento
y pruebe vLex GRATIS durante 3 días

Sponsored Ads:


Summary:

The rapid compliance with TASER's new advice by the Winnipeg Police Service stands in stark contrast to the fact the force is still studying, after three months, the interim report issued by the Braidwood inquiry. Former judge Thomas Braidwood looked at broader medical evidence, in context with the actions of the RCMP at the Vancouver airport in 2007, where Polish traveller Robert Dzienkanski died after being repeatedly stunned by the Taser. Among the recommendations, Mr. Braidwood advised that police officers use the stun gun only when a person is causing bodily harm, or an officer has reason to believe harm is imminent.

Extract:

Curb Use of Tasers

For many years police forces in Canada, including the Winnipeg Police Service, rebuffed concerns the Taser could kill peopl...



Activate your free trial now

Make your order

Need help? Contact us

Try vLex for FREE for 3 days

Access legal information from Canada including:

  • Legal Books and Journals
  • Case Law
  • Legislation
  • News and Business

Try vLex without any commitment for 3 days and see why you need it.

3

days of Free Access



If you are already a vLex customer, Access Here

Sponsored Ads:


Other documents:
Swan Promoted to Cabinet Job | Hotbed of Trucking Getting Hotter | contraventions règlement modifiant le règlement | When Efficiency Trumps Antitrust Competition Bureau Publishes Final Bulletin On Efficiencies In Merger Review | Decreti Decisorio n 10160 of T.A.R. - Lazio - Roma, of October 31, 2005 | Ordinanze Sospensive nº 430 of T.A.R. - Lazio - Roma, of January 26, 2007 | Bij vonnis van de rechtbank van koophandel te Antwerpen, d.d. 26 maart 2009, is IZ-BEL BVBA in vereffening, Moretusstraat 26, 2660 Hoboken (Antwe... | 4 MAI 1998. - Arrêté royal fixant les modalités d'application de l'arrê... | burgemeester. - ontslag bij koninklijk besluit van 19 maart 1999 wordt het ontslag aangeboden door de heer rene ... | Cour administrative d'appel de Paris, Plénière, du 16 février 1995, 94PA00075, publié au recueil Lebon | Décret no 99-1010 du 1er décembre 1999 relatif aux attributions déléguées à la secrétaire d Etat a... | COMUNICATO Provvedimenti concernenti i marchi di identificazione dei me... | Case nº 4458 of Consiglio di Stato of September 11 2009