SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Feb. 29, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- TASER International, Inc. (Nasdaq:TASR), a market leader in advanced electronic control devices, released the following News Alert:
According to an article in the February 27, 2008 edition of the Vancouver Sun, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) are crediting the use of a TASER(r) electronic control device (ECD) for avoiding the use of deadly force late Monday in Kamloops.
According to the article, RCMP officers faced an armed and distraught man who stormed into a massage parlor threatening to kill a female employee. He repeatedly said he was going to harm himself and yelled at the RCMP officers to shoot him.
"Faced with the option of discharging their pistols or using a TASER electronic control device (ECD) to subdue the distraught man, police opted to use the stun gun. One officer positioned himself to safely activate the TASER and the man was subdued without injury or risk," said RCMP Staff Sergeant Grant Learned.
Two women at the scene at the time of the incident were unharmed. The parlor's owner praised the RCMP for the way officers handled the situation and credited officers for capturing the man without injuring him.
It was reported that RMCP Constable Michelle Toews said the incident is textbook case of when a TASER should be used since the other option constables had was to shoot the man."If we hadn't had the TASER (ECD) we would have found ourselves in much more difficult circumstances," Toews said.
The complete article is available at: http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=7c8ede0e-e169-4f6a-bc83-9eff3e12c682&k=35578
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