ArmySGT.
09-20-2007, 04:48 PM
1. The is no "necessity' for telling an Offender that they "are under arrest"
2. An Officer does not have to "read" an Offender their Miranda Rights until he is ready to question them. Any utterance by them that is not a response to a direct question by the arresting Officer is a voluntary statement and admissable.
3. Tasers are far more preferable to using a baton, and most agencies have policy against using OC pepper sprays in crowded areas not in Riot. Due to lawsuits by bystanders with asthma or or problems breathing. With a baton striking a blow is very limited; the head, all joints, striking the thorax with the tip, jabs to the abdomen, and lower back are all completely off limits, as a strike in those locations can cause permanent damage or death. Tasers a mildly painful, ever touched an electric cattle fence? I have and I have been Tasered too. The taser shock continues for five seconds and disrupts the signals to the voluntary muscles.
I know why the cops would use a taser on a subject they have pinned. The handcuffs are not on yet, and the fight is still on. I myself when I was an MP had to apprehend (arrest) Offenders that didn't want to go to jail. Takes four good sized MPs to hold down one combative subject. When you have five you will be able to get cuffs on after each leg is under control, each arm is under control,and the last to prevent injuries (like dislocating a shoulder or breaking a wrist on the offender) , make sure a weapon doesn't get loose, and help with applying the cuffs. That's when the combative is sober. That one on one shit is for TV dramas.
Again the tasers disrupts the signal from the brain to the voluntary muscles, the offender has no control over thier muscles and can be safely handcuffed without risk of permanent injury because of a diislocated shoulder, broken bone or torn ligaments. Means the cops don't face the same risk of injury too.
2. An Officer does not have to "read" an Offender their Miranda Rights until he is ready to question them. Any utterance by them that is not a response to a direct question by the arresting Officer is a voluntary statement and admissable.
3. Tasers are far more preferable to using a baton, and most agencies have policy against using OC pepper sprays in crowded areas not in Riot. Due to lawsuits by bystanders with asthma or or problems breathing. With a baton striking a blow is very limited; the head, all joints, striking the thorax with the tip, jabs to the abdomen, and lower back are all completely off limits, as a strike in those locations can cause permanent damage or death. Tasers a mildly painful, ever touched an electric cattle fence? I have and I have been Tasered too. The taser shock continues for five seconds and disrupts the signals to the voluntary muscles.
I know why the cops would use a taser on a subject they have pinned. The handcuffs are not on yet, and the fight is still on. I myself when I was an MP had to apprehend (arrest) Offenders that didn't want to go to jail. Takes four good sized MPs to hold down one combative subject. When you have five you will be able to get cuffs on after each leg is under control, each arm is under control,and the last to prevent injuries (like dislocating a shoulder or breaking a wrist on the offender) , make sure a weapon doesn't get loose, and help with applying the cuffs. That's when the combative is sober. That one on one shit is for TV dramas.
Again the tasers disrupts the signal from the brain to the voluntary muscles, the offender has no control over thier muscles and can be safely handcuffed without risk of permanent injury because of a diislocated shoulder, broken bone or torn ligaments. Means the cops don't face the same risk of injury too.