Mounties to curb use of stun guns
Canada’s national police force, criticized for excessive use of Tasers, said that, from now on, officers would only fire the electric stun guns at suspects who are combative or resisting arrest.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police policy change was prompted by outrage over the death of a Polish immigrant who was Tasered and then restrained at the Vancouver airport in October.
RCMP Commissioner William Elliott said he could not define combative behavior.
Taser International Inc., the maker of the weapon, denies that it has caused any deaths.
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