Concerns over the Taser policy escalated after The Register obtained surveillance videos showing jail deputies using a stun gun on a man strapped to a chair and on a female inmate being held down on the floor. Both inmates appeared subdued and in pain. More criticism came when rookie deputies at Theo Lacy Jail in Orange were accused in unsubstantiated reports of shooting Taser darts at a cat.
The grand jury report noted that Tasers had been used on 437 inmates in the Orange County Jail System between 2004 and 2007.
"There is major debate amongst experts as to whether the use of the Taser causes heart failure or death," the grand jury wrote, advising the sheriff's department to organize a panel to research whether stun guns are safe enough for routine use.
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I'm rather amazed that policy allowed the use of tasers on restrained persons.
Thoughts?