SINGAPORE — A 31-year-old man was tasered and then arrested by the police on June 13 after he allegedly assaulted an on-duty auxiliary police officer with a metal bar.
by the police on June 13 after he allegedly assaulted an on-duty auxiliary police officer with a metal bar.In a video clip of the incident posted online, the man could be seen shouting at two police officers while apparently pointing a metal bar in their direction.
The taser is a conducted electrical weapon, or a stun device, that uses propelled wires or direct contact to conduct energy to affect sensory and motor functions of a person’s nervous system. The taser's common X26 model administers a shock of about 1.9 milliamperes, which is"well below" the 10 milliamps needed to cause a severe electric shock.
These include"the proportionality of the force to be applied vis-a-vis the perceived threat posed by a subject, in addition to the safety of members of the public and fellow officers, as well as the safety of the subject on which force is to be applied".with a chopper along Beach Road last year, the police used a taser to subdue the man after he was cornered, and the safety of police officers and bystanders were not compromised.
For the case of the 31-year-old suspect in the recent case, there had been various factors that led to the eventual use of the taser.
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