OT Can we do brunstrom next?

Having been "Tasered" - purely in the name of research (and I have
the video footage to prove it)- I can vouch for the fact that as the
current passes between the electrodes, and it feels like half a dozen
people are lined each side of one's back, fast-drumming with Indian
clubs, any incentive to put up a struggle is suddenly noticeable by its
complete absence. Once the current stops, however, recovery is pretty
much instantaneous.

There is a school of thought that the main risk of injury to someone
who is hit with a Taser is that, without one or more officers present
to catch them as they fall, when the "Tasered" individual loses control
of muscle function, and collapses to the floor, they might hit their
head on something solid, like a kerbstone or the pavement.

By comparison, the synthetic pepper spray PAVA does not hinder muscle
control, since it only affects the eyes, and also leaves no lasting
effects, but the recovery time is longer, at anything from 15 up to 50
minutes. Coming to a police officer's utility belt near you soon (if he
or she hasn't already been issued with it).

To anyone faced with the prospect of being "PAVA'd" or "Tasered", my
advice would be to give up and go quietly...

 

Paul Varnsverry wrote

That won't happen. The police did that demonstration of how a tazer
works and they laid out plastic foam and stuff. I suppose it is there
to serve two functions which strikes me as clever thinking by plod.
Making sure the gizmo works by insulating the perp from the ground and
looking after his chances as they help him gently down is a good PR move
imo.