Taser strategy: Zap, crackle,<BR> stop<P> Boulder police demonstrate new<BR> 'pain compliance' weapon<P> By Owen S. Good, News Staff Writer<BR> April 19, 2002<P> BOULDER -- You name it and, with the<BR> exception of bullets, it's been fired on<BR> Detective Barry Hartkopp. Pepper spray.<BR> Pepper balls. Beanbags fired from a<BR> shotgun. All in the name of training. <P> "I thought I could take five seconds of<BR> any pain," Hartkopp said Thursday as<BR> he held two wire filaments, each about<BR> the thickness of a hair. "They hooked it<BR> to my foot and my pocket. Within a<BR> second I was yelling for them to stop." <P> Hartkopp was recounting the effects of the M-26 Advanced Taser,<BR> eight of which entered service in the Boulder Police Department's<BR> arsenal last week. <P> It's a loud, startling device, and can drop muscle-bound<BR> belligerents to the ground in an instant. So police gave a<BR> demonstration to reporters Thursday in hopes of easing any<BR> concerns before a Taser is seen in action. Further, the weapon will<BR> be fired only after appropriate warnings, per a department policy<BR> rewritten to accommodate it. <P> When fired, nitrogen-gas charges deploy two filaments attached<BR> to 1/4-inch barbed hooks, which imbed in clothing or skin. The<BR> wires lead back to the Taser, which supplies a 50,000-volt charge,<BR> enough to get through heavy layers of clothing. The charge lasts<BR> for five seconds and makes a loud crackling noise. The weapon is<BR> effective at a range of up to 21 feet. <P> The device is used in what's called a "pain compliance" role. In<BR> this case, the threat of pain may be enough to achieve<BR> compliance. <P> "If I heard someone say, 'I'm going to shoot 50,000 volts through<BR> you,' that'd scare me," said Detective Jeff Kessler, who also is<BR> trained to use the Taser. <P> Police insist the only danger of injury comes from the fall someone<BR> takes after getting zapped. Pacemakers are not interrupted,<BR> clothing does not catch fire and water does not compound the<BR> effects. The hooks leave "bee sting" welts if they embed in the<BR> skin, Hartkopp said. And police procedure requires that anyone<BR> subjected to the Taser be taken to a hospital afterward. <P> Pepper spray, Kessler said, is less effective because enraged<BR> people can sometimes fight through its effects; they're also<BR> focused on the pain, which can last for 30 minutes, and not<BR> officers' orders. Hartkopp said most of the pain caused by the<BR> Taser stops after the charge. <P> The Taser will not be used on protesters or those engaged in civil<BR> disobedience, Hartkopp said. Nor is it an effective weapon for<BR> riots. The spectacle of a Taser encounter tends to enrage<BR> onlookers in that situation, he said. <P> Thirty officers are trained in its use. The department spent $7,375<BR> to acquire the weapons and cartridges. <P><a href="http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0";>http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0<;/a>,1299,DRMN_15_1097113,00.html <P><b>Now, take a 6 year old sleeping child, push her face into the bed or put a pillow over her face and zap her - - she will not be struggling a lot.<P>The BPD can't honestly ignore those marks.

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Taser strategy: Zap, crackle,<BR> stop<P> Boulder police demonstrate new<BR> 'pain compliance' weapon<P> By Owen S. Good, News Staff Writer<BR> April 19, 2002<P> BOULDER -- You name it and, with the<BR> exception of bullets, it's been fired on<BR> Detective Barry Hartkopp. Pepper spray.<BR> Pepper balls. Beanbags fired from a<BR> shotgun. All in the name of training. <P> "I thought I could take five seconds of<BR> any pain," Hartkopp said Thursday as<BR> he held two wire filaments, each about<BR> the thickness of a hair. "They hooked it<BR> to my foot and my pocket. Within a<BR> second I was yelling for them to stop." <P> Hartkopp was recounting the effects of the M-26 Advanced Taser,<BR> eight of which entered service in the Boulder Police Department's<BR> arsenal last week. <P> It's a loud, startling device, and can drop muscle-bound<BR> belligerents to the ground in an instant. So police gave a<BR> demonstration to reporters Thursday in hopes of easing any<BR> concerns before a Taser is seen in action. Further, the weapon will<BR> be fired only after appropriate warnings, per a department policy<BR> rewritten to accommodate it. <P> When fired, nitrogen-gas charges deploy two filaments attached<BR> to 1/4-inch barbed hooks, which imbed in clothing or skin. The<BR> wires lead back to the Taser, which supplies a 50,000-volt charge,<BR> enough to get through heavy layers of clothing. The charge lasts<BR> for five seconds and makes a loud crackling noise. The weapon is<BR> effective at a range of up to 21 feet. <P> The device is used in what's called a "pain compliance" role. In<BR> this case, the threat of pain may be enough to achieve<BR> compliance. <P> "If I heard someone say, 'I'm going to shoot 50,000 volts through<BR> you,' that'd scare me," said Detective Jeff Kessler, who also is<BR> trained to use the Taser. <P> Police insist the only danger of injury comes from the fall someone<BR> takes after getting zapped. Pacemakers are not interrupted,<BR> clothing does not catch fire and water does not compound the<BR> effects. The hooks leave "bee sting" welts if they embed in the<BR> skin, Hartkopp said. And police procedure requires that anyone<BR> subjected to the Taser be taken to a hospital afterward. <P> Pepper spray, Kessler said, is less effective because enraged<BR> people can sometimes fight through its effects; they're also<BR> focused on the pain, which can last for 30 minutes, and not<BR> officers' orders. Hartkopp said most of the pain caused by the<BR> Taser stops after the charge. <P> The Taser will not be used on protesters or those engaged in civil<BR> disobedience, Hartkopp said. Nor is it an effective weapon for<BR> riots. The spectacle of a Taser encounter tends to enrage<BR> onlookers in that situation, he said. <P> Thirty officers are trained in its use. The department spent $7,375<BR> to acquire the weapons and cartridges. <P><a href="http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0";>http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0<;/a>,1299,DRMN_15_1097113,00.html <P><b>Now, take a 6 year old sleeping child, push her face into the bed or put a pillow over her face and zap her - - she will not be struggling a lot.<P>The BPD can't honestly ignore those marks.

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