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| Tasers will not be used in jails |
| By Leader-Post |
| Published: 07/24/2008 |
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SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA - The provincial government appears to have all but shut the door on the use of Tasers in Saskatchewan jails for some time to come. The province was in the process of introducing electronic conducted devices (ECDs) such as Tasers for use by emergency response teams at the province's correctional centres last fall, but their use was put on hold after Polish citizen Robert Dziekanski died at the Vancouver International Airport in October after being shot with a Taser by RCMP. Saskatchewan Party Corrections, Public Safety and Policing Minister Darryl Hickie, who said in the spring that the issue was being reviewed, said Wednesday there are no plans for the introduction of Tasers. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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