I want the police to have a lot of options available to them, to avoid the “everything looks like a nail” problem.
Something about this feels icky though. Maybe because it’s easy to imagine this being misused or abused.
Something about this feels icky though. Maybe because it’s easy to imagine this being misused or abused.
That was the idea behind tasers - that they'd reduce use of guns.
In reality, they now get used in scenarios where less (or no) force used to be more normal. Why learn de-escalation techniques when you can just shoot a taser?
https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/police-use-force-impact-...
> A critical research question is whether officers can become too reliant on CEDs. During interviews with officers and trainers, the researchers heard comments that hinted at a "lazy cop syndrome." Some officers may turn to a CED too early in an encounter and may rely on a CED rather than on their conflict resolution skills or even on hands-on applications.
Do electric “pain compliance” (their words) gloves count as “hands-on applications”?
I wonder if the device logs each activation like a Taser does?