| Look, if an officer can't secure handcuffs on the perp after one application of the taser, then they should be relieved of duty.
I think the crowd watching plays a significant role in all of this, and when the officers don't feel a sympathetic audience, they elevate the protocol a bit to illustrate to the audience the potential ramifications of "getting involved".
Four applications of the taser is unacceptable, period.
These incidents should be evaluated just like discharging a firearm, and they should investigated in each instance.
I hate to say it, but since you all seem so comfortable with the very concept of roving patrol units, somebody needs to oversee their activities.
Grow that bureacracy... |