Police shootings after electrical weapon seizure: homicide or suicide-by-cop.
Int J Legal Med
; 135(6): 2547-2554, 2021 Nov.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-34318353
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
Risks of handheld electrical weapons include head impact trauma associated with uncontrolled falls, ocular probe penetration injuries, thermal injuries from the ignition of volatile fumes, and weapon confusion police-involved shooting. There is also an uncommon but critical risk of a shooting after a subject gained control of an officer's electrical weapons.METHODS:
The authors searched for police shooting incidents involving loss of control of TASER® weapons via open-source media reports, crowd-sourced internet sites, litigation filings, and a survey of Axon law-enforcement master instructors.RESULTS:
The authors report 131 incidents of subjects attempting to or gaining control of an officer's electrical weapon from 2004 to 2020, 53 of which resulting in a shooting. These incidents demonstrated a risk of 11.8 shootings per million electrical weapon discharges (95% confidence limits of 9.0 to 15.1 per million by Wilson score interval).CONCLUSIONS:
The use of electrical weapons presents a rare but real risk of injury and death from a shooting following a subject's attempts to gain control of the weapon.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Aplicação da Lei
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Lesões por Armas de Eletrochoque
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2021
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Article