Alright good. Then you know the feeling of a taser (not sure why you mentioned the fact that it was on the back of your neck, was it a drive stun or a shot using the prongs? If it was a drive stun, then its not as severe as the prong method).
I also know how the taser feels, along with other means of often used methods of control/compliance including pepper spray.
That being said, imo and based on my experience, the taser is more humane and/or safer than any other method that I have seen, used or experienced.
Yes, there is always a chance of abuse, as I covered earlier in at least 2 of my posts. Police that use it definitely need a good amount of proper training before ever using one.
But some people think that the taser is over-used a lot more than it really is. The issue is, when you see a case like that (of true abuse of the taser) on the news, there were probably hundreds and hundreds of cases where it was used properly. I recently worked a case with the FBI where a girl claimed that she was tased after being cuffed. Now this is a CLEAR violation of ANY policy I have ever seen. However, after many hours on the case, the girl came forward and retracted her statement. A lot of people have no freaking idea of the policy of when to use a taser and simply assume that a cop shouldnt use it until they have tried verbal and physical attempts to gain compliance...when that is NOT the case in any policy I have ever read/heard about or in my department's policy.
No person is perfect, thus no policeman is perfect. Some are good and follow policy and some are bad. I still like to believe that the good ones far outnumber the bad ones, but I am not naive enough to think that there never are abuses.
Back to the issue of this article and thread. It seems, based on the information provided, that this is a good and humane tool to gain compliance from unruly prisoners, in my opinion. And it is obviously safer for everyone involved.
