Canadian police adopt new stun-gun directive


	Canadian police adopt new stun-gun directive

Socratoad

10-11-2009 1:27 PM

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Taser International says the risk of a cardiac arrest in connection with Taser use is low, but if this were to happen after the weapon hits the chest area, it would place police and the company in the "difficult situation of trying to ascertain what role, if any, the Taser ECD could have played in a unique situation that cannot be replicated in human clinical safety evaluations."

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10-11-2009 7:34 PM

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