Benefits, Risks, and Myths of TASER® Handheld Electrical Weapons

Kroll, Mark W.; Brave, Michael A.; Pratt, Hugh; Witte, Klaus; Kunz, Sebastian; Luceri, Richard M.

doi:10.1007/s41314-019-0021-9

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“…42,43 Firearm and nonfirearm ARDs are reduced by two thirds. 44,45 Nevertheless, the implementation of a tangible restraint device such as CEW is illustrative of the adversarial context of the restraint situation-and thus stands as a marker of the physiologic changes that occur during forcible restraint. In other words, that the situation called for CEW deployment is a fair indication that the decedent was already experiencing an increased heart rate, drug induced or exertional acidosis, increased blood pressure, and increased endogenous epinephrine release-all proffered as contributing to the physiologic milieu culminating in the demise.…”

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“…The MacDonald et al 42 study of 24,000 uses found a 65% reduction in suspect injury, whereas the Taylor and Woods 43 study of 12,000 uses found an 80% reduction in suspect injury requiring medical attention 42,43 . Firearm and nonfirearm ARDs are reduced by two thirds 44,45 . Nevertheless, the implementation of a tangible restraint device such as CEW is illustrative of the adversarial context of the restraint situation—and thus stands as a marker of the physiologic changes that occur during forcible restraint.…”

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Homicide Manner-of-Death Classification in Arrest-Related Death

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Wolf,

Cobb

et al. 2024

Am J Forensic Med Pathol

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Multiple studies have documented various factors that influence or determine forensic pathologist classification of manner of death. There do not appear to be any published studies on manner of death classification specifically regarding arrest-related deaths (ARDs). The goal of this study was to consider a large body of cases of nonfirearm ARDs to analyze the homicide classification with regards to numerous decedent and practitioner (medical examiner/coroner [ME/C]) variables. We analyzed 1145 US autopsy reports from the years 2006–2020, inclusive, and considered decedent variables of age, ethnicity, height, weight, body mass index, toxicology, and mention of a conducted electrical weapon and ME/C influence variables of gender, country region, and year. We found that the homicide classification likelihood increased by a factor of 1.04–1.05 per year, 1.34–1.37 for a female medical examiner, and 1.4–1.5 going from Southern states to Western states. There is an increasing trend for ME/C to label nonfirearm ARDs as homicides in the United States. The homicide classification is more common in Western states and less common in Southern states, and it was more common with a female ME/C.

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Homicide Manner-of-Death Classification in Arrest-Related Death

Kroll,

Wolf,

Cobb

et al. 2024

Am J Forensic Med Pathol

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“…CEW use reduces the non firearm arrest-related death rate by 59% to 66%, consistent with the two-thirds reduction in firearm fatalities in agencies where CEW use was not overly restricted ( 3 ). The 2 key injury studies, covering collectively more 40,000 uses of force, found that the CEW reduced subject injury by 65% to 78% ( 4 ).…”

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