Taser

Question 1

A taser should not be used in any mode:

Answer 1

• near explosive materials, flammable liquids, or gasses due to the possibility of ignition
• on persons where there is a likelihood of significant secondary injuries for example: a fall from an elevated position
• punitively for the purposes of coercion or as a prod to make a person move
• against passive non-compliant subjects who are exhibiting non-threatening behaviour which may include:
• refusing to move or offering little or no physical resistance • refusing to comply with police instructions
• acting as a dead weight or requiring an officer to lift, pull, drag, or push them in order to maintain control
• to rouse an unconscious, impaired or intoxicated subject • to target known pre-existing injury areas of a subject
• against a mental health patient solely to make them submit to medication or treatment
• unless it is in the performance of the officer’s duties or at an approved weapons training day
• for crowd dispersal at a lawful demonstration or industrial dispute

Question 2

What is a consideration of using a taser?

Answer 2

Before drawing and during use of Taser you should continually assess the situation, whilst always having a back-up plan.

Question 3

Criterion to Draw and Cover with a taser?

Answer 3

•Do not draw your Taser, point it, or aim it unless you consider you are likely to be justified in using it.

•Where circumstances dictate the drawing of a Taser from the holster to cover a subject, the Taser must be immediately armed upon removal from the holster by moving the safety switch to the (Fire) position.

Question 4

What does NMI stand for?

Answer 4

Neuro-Muscular Incapacitation

Question 5

A Taser should not be used unless exceptional circumstances:

Answer 5

• against a subject who is handcuffed
• against a female(s) suspected on reasonable grounds of being pregnant • on an elderly or disabled subject(s)
• on a small child or subject(s) of particularly small body mass
• against the driver of a vehicle or the operator of machinery where there is a danger of the vehicle or machinery becoming out of control and posing a risk to the occupant(s) and/or bystander(s)
• Fleeing should not be the sole justification for using a Taser against a subject. Officers should consider the subject’s threat level to themselves or others and the risk of injury to the subject before deciding to use a Taser.
• Drive Stun for pain compliance

Question 6

What are the 3 modes of use of a taser?

Answer 6

•Warning Arc: Taser is pointed at a subject and the Arc Switch is pressed. Probes Discharged Occurs when the Taser trigger is pulled, the probes are released from the cartridge. will achieve NMI if the probes attach properly to a subject and make an adequate circuit.
•Probes Discharged: Taser trigger is pulled, the probes are released from the cartridge. will achieve NMI if the probes attach properly to a subject and make an adequate circuit.
•Drive Stun: Is achieved by applying direct contact of the electrodes of the Taser to a subject with or without a cartridge attached to the device, and the device is discharging a cycle.

Question 7

What is the purpose of CEW function test?

Answer 7

to verify the CEW’s core electronics and both cartridges are working properly

Question 8

What is the spread distance of a taser?

Answer 8

30cm spread for every 3.3 metres of travel.