Heidi Gill

Heidi Gill

Heidi Gill is a 38 year old woman who was arrested on September 2nd, 2007 for disorderly conduct. She was out drinking at a local bar. Patrolman Richard Kovach arrested Heidi, and later used a taser on her. Officer Kovach has been placed... [more]

Heidi Gill is a 38 year old woman who was arrested on September 2nd, 2007 for disorderly conduct. She was out drinking at a local bar. Patrolman Richard Kovach arrested Heidi, and later used a taser on her. Officer Kovach has been placed on a leave of absence while the police district investigates his behavior in association with the Gill arrest. Some are claiming that the use of a taser was overly aggressive and unnecessary..

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Police Taser Brutality: Cowardly Cop Tasered 81-Year-Old Disabled Man Three Times

Written by TheDuckShoot on
Stockton, Calfornia. Eighty One year-old Victor Schiaffini a disabled man who has suffered six strokes was forced to the ground and Tasered three times. The incident happened on July 29, 2009. Mr Schiaffini has lost the use of his left arm due to the strokes and walks with the aid of a cane. He also takes several prescription drugs every day and yet this cowardly cop from the California Highway Patrol (CHP) chose to use a Taser to “subdue him”. The CHP claims he attacked an officer with a deadly weapon, namely his walking cane. They arrested him and took him to San Joaquin ... Read Full Story

Police Taser Brutality: Canadian Mounties Kill Robert Dziekanski With Tasers

Written by TheDuckShoot on
Incredible footage of four Canadian Mounties killing unarmed Robert Dziekanski with multiple Taser shots. These cops who have been found guilty of wrong doing and lied throughout the investigation but are now appealing the decision. As you see from the video Mr Dziekanski couldn’t speak English and another news report quotes a witness as saying he told the cops this. Despite knowing it they gave him instructions in English and expected him to comply. It seems to me that cops are recruited on the basis of ‘low intelligence’, if they have common sense they don’t get you the job. Corp. Benjamin Robinson One Of ... Read Full Story

Time for the RCMP to do the right thing: Pull tasers out of service pending further independent testing.

Written by radiogirl on
Forgive me, but I’m opening the door to ‘taser talk’ again. ( The last time I did this it initiated an ongoing debate in the comments section that lasted for several months.) Last night I watched an excellent documentary on The National, regarding tasers. More specifically, the older x26 model manufactured prior to 2005, of which thousands are in active service all over Canada. CBC News and Radio Canada commissioned an independent study of these tasers, testing them using scientific standards and protocols designed by Pierre Savard, a biomedical engineer at the University of Montreal, using Taser International’s specifications. Of the 41 tasers tested, ... Read Full Story

Canada's federal police curb use of Tasers

From:   www.afp.com
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) announced Thursday it has curbed the use of Taser stun guns after several suspects zapped by police died. "On June 18, 2008, all members of the RCMP were instructed that the CEW (conducted energy weapons) must only be used where it is necessary to do so in circumstances of threats to officer or public safety," RCMP Commissioner William Elliott told a House committee on public safety and national security. "This requirement has subsequently been written into our formal policy," he said. The US-manufactured Taser is meant to incapacitate a person with a 50,000-volt jolt of electricity. Canada's federal ... Read Full Story

Police Tasers in the news with Heidi Gill and Andrew Meyer

Written by The_Zimbio_Team on
There are two active news stories this week that involve police tasers.  Press attention on taser incidents is sparking a debate about whether or not police should be armed with tasers, and if so, when they should use these weapons. For background, here is a bit of info on Taser guns : The name Taser is an acronym for " T homas A. S wift's E lectric R ifle". Arizona inventor Jack Cover designed it in 1969; naming it for the science fiction teenage inventor and adventurer character Tom Swift. Modern taser-type weapons fire small dart-like electrodes with attached metal wires that connect to ... Read Full Story
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