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- Source: Salt Lake Tribune
- Date: July 01, 2007
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- Bylines:
Jeremiah Stettler
- Topics:
Local Government
- Data Types:
State Data
- Description/Excerpt: With each pull of the trigger, Utah officers are growing more comfortable with law enforcement's latest innovation, the 50,000-volt stun gun. Like duct tape, the weapons have become a fix-all for potentially volatile situations.
A Tribune analysis of more than 180 Taser deployments shows that police used the weapon four out of 10 times to subdue violent suspects, some already in handcuffs, others wielding knives. But the analysis also revealed Utah police commonly pull the trigger on fleeing suspects, in one case a high school student in possession of alcohol.
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