Deputy zaps boy, 10, with Taser

Linus wrote: Eville, I'll ask you again What age IS appropriate to tase? Why are we using age as the determining factor if someone can harm you or not? At what age can a kid cause enough harm to you to make it justified? And while we're at it, at what age can an old person no longer hurt you?

You can't assign an arbitrary age to that, it will always be dependent on the situation.  This situation, given the likely size of the kid, I don't think it was necessary.  Given the potential harm that could have resulted, the taser should not have been used. 

So it would have been better for the officer to have closed in, possibly sustaining injury from the kid, and then attempt to physically remove the pipe, possibly involving striking the kid?

brihard wrote: IrIsHGunNeR37 wrote: Biby was the foster father, not the cop.

] Ooops that was a misread on my part. Either way I agree with the cop you have to weigh out all possible scenarios and options and go with what you feel is best.

Well this one is far different than the last one.

I don't know what Eville is going on about, but yeah. If it was the same situation I would be against the cop. Controlling a 10 year old isn't that hard.

"had threatened Biby with a pipe and a stick, and had thrown a landscape timber at Biby." This line changes it entirely from the 10 year old girl. The only question I would have is if it was a "BAM TASE!" or he took it out and warned him. Not that it matters all that much, but most videos I have seen of taser use there is never a warning. I would hope there would be one for a 10 year old, pipe or not.

Choop, I wish I could show you the damage I have done when I was 10 years old. I came very close to seriously injuring people. Gladly I never got the cops called on me or I would probably be locked up and on forced behavior medication.

Summer camp=/=10 year old with psychological problems wielding a pipe(PVC or not).

jmac3 wrote: Choop, I wish I could show you the damage I have done when I was 10 years old. I came very close to seriously injuring people. Gladly I never got the cops called on me or I would probably be locked up and on forced behavior medication.Summer camp=/=10 year old with psychological problems wielding a pipe(PVC or not).

Good for you, and 10 year old boys. I still say that a grown, TRAINED officer should be able to handle it. What did they do before tazers?

It's also a 10 year old boy. Crappy cop.

Given the weapon and the history, it's a much tougher call.

For that reason, I suggest a different method of apprehension.



Cheaper, more uses than one, the weights can be padded, and it takes the legs out of the equation.


Edited by Tolgak - 05 December 2009 at 3:19pm

 I say the Officer should have used his Pepper Spray instead.. the taser was meant for Adults, to take down a 170+ pound person, not a 110 pound kid, the long term and life threatening effects on  a child are much more likely, pepper spray has no long term effects and would have ended the situation all the same.

Edited by TheWrAith - 05 December 2009 at 4:30pm

High Voltage wrote: Wikipedia wrote: Taser International asserts that the Taser is safe for use on anyone weighing 60 pounds (27 kg) or more. Kid weighed how much?