Interior Minister Dobrindt wants Taser for the federal police
According to the will of Federal Minister of the Interior Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) can be equipped with teasers. « I am convinced that the use of teasers with our police is absolutely necessary, » Dobrindt told the Funke media group newspapers. He will ensure that the legal framework for the equipment of the civil servants with electric shock devices will be « set up » this year.
The politician described the use of Tasern as a « suitable means of reacting to the increased threat to the police in public space ». The taser also served to ensure that the officers could better protect themselves if they were attacked with stab weapons such as knives. « The Taser is the right operating device to act as a long -time weapon and the pistol as a long -distance weapon at the interface between the trimming stick, » said Dobrindt.
Health consequences possible
Most recently, after the fatal shots in a police operation in Oldenburg, the German Police Union (DPolG) in Lower Saxony had also confirmed their demand for the use of Tasern. A policeman had shot at least four times on a 21-year-old on Easter Sunday night. According to the police, the young man had previously sprayed irritant gas in front of a discotheque and slightly injured several people.
A taser is a device with which electric shocks are released from some distance that leads to painful muscle contractions. As a rule, a person becomes incapable of acting. However, the weapons are controversial because Taser can lead to health consequences when using people with heart disease or cardiovascular problems.
