Does there need to be a new protocol in 911 calls when dealing with Schizophrenia?
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Hans Wurst
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why didn't they just tazer him...
in your personal opinion, why do you think they didn't tazer him?
Hans Wurst
Pro
i think the guy was in too close range with a weapon drawn out, and they didn't had the tazers already out, then the shizo suddenly moved which could have been interpreted as an attack and that was the nail in the coffin. one officer with a handgun ready, the other with the tazer - maybe things would have been different.
That's why they obviously need another protocol.
88m3
Fast Money & Foreign Objects
Do you hear that mom scream "oh they killed my child" at the end of the video?
His life could have been easily saved with anything non lethal.
88m3
Fast Money & Foreign Objects
you're living in fantasy land, buddy
Why you say that?
Nah breh, count the number of shots. Only the first bullet has this type of "airbag", the rest are raw, it wouldn't have change anything considering policemen usually fire numerous bullets to avoid missing the target (which is understandable).
EDIT : I also changed your video link to a Youtube one.
What about a clip full of rubber bullets when going on calls for the mentally ill.
I mean his mom called 911 it's not like the cops were responding to an armed robbery at a gas station.
I'm not American so I can't judge your police.
It seems they had tasers that they could have used I guess. Also it seems they were a little too close from the door but it may be the protocol, I don't know. My first concern is how the situation escalated and I feel it could have been avoided
In France, the police have what is called Flashballs (there are multiple versions) :
This is a rubber ball gun (which has 2 separate rubber balls at a time, one in each cannon) which is supposedly non-lethal. It is used by the police force since 2002 and since then there has been a dozen of serious injuries and possibly one death. The main rule in using it is to never shoot horizontally to avoid the head but some policemen (in the heat of the action I guess) have used the normal shooting stance and by doing so, blinded people. Also rubber balls rebound so it can be tricky too.
Look at this demo vid for example :