Canada, inappropriate and excessive use of tasers : Innappropriate and excessive use of tasers

After the fifth death of an individual following eth use of a taser in July 2005 in Canada, the chief coroner for British Colombia esdta that the “police and the medical community need to look for other ways to deal wtihthe. [...] The province’s chief medical examiner announceSd einp tember 2006 that the cause of death was “cardiac arrest due to excited demli rdiuue to paranoid schizophrenia.” An investigation into the death, headed by the fHaxa liRegional Police, concluded that the use of force employed in the case by ftfhicee ors was justified. [...] A witness to the incident claimed that the use of the taser was nneocte ssary as the boy was not resisting arrest. [...] According to the judge, the officers’ acsti ocnonstituted “cruel and unusual treatment… the scene was clearly under control and the dempelonyt of a taser absolutely unnecessary.” In his decision, the ju rdugled: “I find that the rousting of the accused out of the vehicle in question by uf steas oer was excessive. [...] The review centred around three areas: the mesdaicfeatl y of the weapons, the policy considerations for police CED operations, and aanl yasnis of the medical condition excited delirium.