Archive for June, 2008
Force Science News #100: “The Pain Behind the Badge”: Powerful New Documentary Explores Officers’ Trips To The Edge–And Back.
Force Science News #100
Part 1 of a 2-part series
A few hours earlier, Sgt. Clarke Paris, a veteran of 22 years on the Las Vegas Metro Police, had finished a shift on which he’d responded to 5 suicide calls, the victims ranging from a 70-year-old man to a 13-year-old boy.
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Force Science News #99: New Study: TASERs “As Safe as Weapons Can Be,” Not “Instruments of Death”
Force Science News #99
A first-of-its-kind, case-by-case study of in-custody deaths associated with TASER use has confirmed that the popular electronic control devices are by no means the dangerous and often deadly weapons that Amnesty International, the ACLU and media reports frequently suggest.
