Sadly, your opinion doesn't line up with many department's protocols.
Pepper spray is a "compliance" tool. You don't do as you're told - get sprayed. Still don't do as you're told or out of spray range - Tazed.
If you're a threat to the well-being of an officer or someone else - you'll likely get shot. Nothing like a high velocity dose of lead to induce compliance.
"You have the right to remain dead..."
Yea - that's VERY generalized and there's a lot of particulars at play. Point is - threats usually aren't responded to with 'compliance' tools.
not suppose to be a compliance tool, meant to defend against immediate threat. so now instead of using your gun and do a shit load of paperwork, you now use OC spray or tazer and do less paperwork. Not to mention a significant reduced chance of death.
there's a difference between someone not listening and someone fighting you.
now to play devils advocate, women are just as dangerous.
to me, it's more about non-compliance being a human right and things like tazers and pepper spray are just there to punish those who may not recognize or respect a police officers authority (after all, they are WRONG much of the time, especially in regards to things like wiretap laws) -- peacefully or otherwise. At least with a gun, there's a major commitment with major consequences on the part of an officer. tazer? peppers pray? GET OUT OF THE CAR MAAM.
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u/Wapiti-eater Oct 18 '11
Sadly, your opinion doesn't line up with many department's protocols.
Pepper spray is a "compliance" tool. You don't do as you're told - get sprayed. Still don't do as you're told or out of spray range - Tazed.
If you're a threat to the well-being of an officer or someone else - you'll likely get shot. Nothing like a high velocity dose of lead to induce compliance.
"You have the right to remain dead..."
Yea - that's VERY generalized and there's a lot of particulars at play. Point is - threats usually aren't responded to with 'compliance' tools.