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The Taser trial is now over in New Zealand...
The official one year Taser trial in New Zealand is ending, but opponents believe the Taser stun gun will be used regardless of the findings. The controversial year long Taser trial is drawing to a close, but opponents believe police will use the device regardless of the outcome. This is really only conjecture because neither the police or Government have made any comments. The latest issue of the NZ police magazine Ten-One says police have used the stun gun device 19 times in 111 deployments. Criminal lawyer Marie Dhyrberg from the lobby group Campaign Against the Taser says the trial has not been transparent or independent. She claims that throughout the trial period police have refused to give her group detailed information about the situations where the Taser has been used, preventing monitoring and assessment of whether the gun is reasonable or necessary. Ms Dhyrberg says opponents understand police need to use an immobilising device to help defuse difficult situations, but believe a safer alternative should be used. Just what could be safer than this device that uses electricity rather than lead bullets? The attitude of the New Zealand Government will be very interesting; will they be critical of the Taser trial itself, or will they want to be seen supporting frontline police officers. It has to be remembered that the New Zealand police are an unarmed police force like the British police; firearms are available only when the need arises. While being stunned by a Taser can be excrutiatingly painful, it must be better than be shot by weapons using bullets. Fatalities from Tasers are few and far between. If it comes down to a permanently armed police force, or one that has Tasers available for frontline use, I know that I would support the latter. While the New Zealand police have trained rifle marksmen available in the Armed Offenders Squad, the accuracy of many pistol users would leave much to be desired.
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