Axon Annual Financial Report

The research topic we have chosen to research is Tasers. The use of Tasers has been a very controversial topic in the last few years. Reporters, doctors, and human rights groups have all expressed concern that police officers will use a Taser in situations when no weapon is required and concern has also been expressed over if the Taser is really a less-lethal option. No one claims the use of Tasers to be risk-free but studies have found them comparatively safe. We believe that people opposed to Tasers ignore a body of the reports showing the technology is safe and effective. The research question we hope to answer is: Is the deployment of a Taser a safe and viable

The use of the Conducted Energy Weapon (CEW) has been a subject under heavy debate throughout its history. A Conducted Energy Weapon is a device that works by “incapacitating volitional control of the body” (White & Ready, 2009), thus rendering the target unable to resist arrest. The TASER® in particular is the most widely used CEW. An article on the RCMP website states that CEW’s were adopted as another means to obtain compliance from resistant or harmful subjects when the police must arrest them. These tools allow police at these times to protect the public, and the subjects themselves from being harmed. Despite their effectiveness however, CEW’s have been under heavy scrutiny for a number of reasons. CEW’s have been known to cause

Invented by NASA researcher, John H. Cover, in the 1960’s and 70’s, the TASER® has been widely adopted by police agencies as a non-lethal alternative to guns. While these devices have aided authorities in subduing suspects, it has also resulted in numerous unnecessary deaths. The general perception of the non-lethality of Tasers along with poor judgement on the part of law enforcement has culminated in the over use and apparent misuse of discharge against suspects when alternate options have existed. The following paper will discuss in detail the creation of Conducted Energy Weapons (CEW) and the TASER®; negative medical implications of Tasers and their current use by police enforcement groups; the laws which govern the use of

Taser International, Inc. v. Ward, Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, May 13, 2010

In 2009 the death of Antonio Galeano, a Queensland man with a mental health condition sparked a joint review by the Crime Misconduct Commission and the Queensland Police of Taser Policy and training. The review was concerned with many aspects of Taser use especially with the over use of Tasers by the Queensland Police against those with an underlying mental health condition and those under the influence of drug and/or alcohol. Although the report has successfully implemented 24 recommendations a further assessment was conducted by the Crime Misconduct and Commission in 2011. It released an independent review of the Queensland Police Services policies and practices, where it found that a number of key concerns remained. These key concerns were related to the over use of Tasers and especially the use of Tasers upon those who are believed to have a mental health condition and/ or are believed to under the influence of alcohol and drugs. The following will provide a discussing of the introduction and development of the Queensland Police Service Taser police, where it will reflect upon these concerns regarding these ‘at risk’ groups.

The Taser International program itself has presented itself and its Taser products to law enforcement agencies as an alternate

“ The taser is a conducted-energy device which fires a cartridge with two wires and attached hooks and shoot an electric charge into the suspect (White2007).” A taser is used by trained law enforcement officers to subdue or contain an individual who isn’t cooperating or resisting. Many people think tasers are unlawful or unconstitutional and some think we need tasers in law enforcement. I will analyze/argue the advantages and disadvantages of using tasers in law enforcement.

According to Muth, Brittany L. (2016, 31) in Less-than-lethal options for military police: “When used safely, properly, and with caution, they are the best police equipment alternative to deadly force”. Those who are against the use of tasers in the police force often use the reason that heart attacks, as well as other conditions, can be caused by the voltage. But despite the chances of a heart attack or other serious condition,

Such excessive use of force with a taser can: "... contribute to cumulative exhaustion, stress, and associated medical risk(s). Severe exhaustion and/or over-exertion from physical struggle, drug intoxication, use of restraint devices, etc. may result in serious injury or death. THE TASER DEVICE CAUSES STRONG MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS, USUALLY RENDERING A SUBJECT TEMPORARILY UNABLE TO CONTROL HIS OR HER MUSCLE MOVEMENTS. Under certain circumstances, these contractions may impair a subject’s ability to breathe. If a person’s system is already compromised by overexertion, drug intoxication, stress, pre-existing medical or psychological condition(s), etc., any physical exertion, including the use of a TASER device, may have an additive effect in contributing to cumulative exhaustion,

Once contact is made and both electrodes are in contact with the body, the Taser sends out an electric current that disrupts the targets ability to control the neuromuscular system. The end result hoped for is the incapacitation of the individual being targeted with the Taser. Someone targeted with the Taser will feel an over stimulation of their sensory and motor nerves which will cause strong involuntary muscle contractions. The Taser has several strengths and weaknesses that should be noted. Taser is a great tool in situations involving a subject’s failure to comply with legal orders and also in situations involving physical resistance from an individual. The Taser can be extremely effective in stopping a combative individual who may mean to cause a police officer harm. This device also is used commonly in situations that in the past required the use of a firearm which could cause unnecessary deaths. The drawbacks that I have found from using the Taser is that it sometimes does not work properly to lack of proper contact on the target individual. Another complication with the use of Tasers would be the recent discovery of Taser’s involvement in deaths. It is unknown at this point exactly

This journal article discusses data on various types of less then lethal use of force weapon systems and the effect they have on the suspect and the officer who was forced to use it. It examines the future of police action and new advances in suspect restraint systems (Albert, 1999).

The most common electroshock weapons are the CED’s (Conducted Energy Device) known as Tasers. “CED’s such as Tasers, generate 50,000 volts of electricity. The electricity stuns and temporarily incapacitates people by causing involuntary muscle contractions“ (Higgins). “The electrical pulses travel from the gun through two 21-foot-long wires that look like a stretched-out slinky tipped with barbed probes. If the probes pierce skin or a layer of clothing two inches thick or less, the jolt contracts the muscles and throws the suspect off balance. It makes the suspect unable to move, and gives the police a full five-seconds with every ‘tasing’ to handcuff the suspect” (Kershaw). While many believe that the risk of police overuse of the Taser could be harmful and even deadly to suspects, supporters say that there are built in precautions to prevent this, such as the Taser having a data port to record each time the Taser is used (Kershaw). Officer Burns of the Seattle police department stated that “there had been numerous instances in Seattle, where officers had used the Taser instead of fists, nightsticks, guns or pepper spray, which can have much longer effects than Taser shocks, and that suspects had recovered immediately”

This proves that taser is an effective non-lethal weapon that can be used to subdue the criminals. Here are some possible advantages of taser guns, first, taser is a non-lethal weapon. As we may have already know, tasers are meant to take down the suspects without injuring or killing them. Also, it is safer to use in a situations where there are many bystanders in the scene, since tasers do not harm people around the intended suspects. This also leads to the second point of avoiding the usage of lethal weapons. So far, 1689 people have been killed by the police in a crime related actions (May, T. 2014). By promoting the usage of tasers, police officers around the world can lower the number of suspects being killed in the scene. Using the lethal weapon also dangers the suspects, police, and the bystanders, because firearms are a lethal weapon that can take away lives easily. Tasers also requires minimal training to use the functions, which also makes the officers and other security related people to easily use tasers in action. On the other hand, typical fire arms requires more training time to properly use them in order to avoid any accidents with it. Fourthly, by using taser, the injury rates dropped significantly. Taser have been used within law enforcement agencies from 1998, and from that time, according to the Taser International, taser helped lower injuries among officers and

Cash flow statement, income statement, balance sheet, current ratio and ethical decision were discussed with adequate details. Current ratio of CART is 2.94 while Digby is

The question of cash flow is especially relevant, when it is taken into account how many companies have met their downfall, having recorded a profit, while having operating cash flow problems (Teen, 2012). Eddy Groves and other ABC directors attempts to hide or temporarily alleviate the cash flow problems by the practice of pledging their shares to borrow money, or disguising payments from developers as profits from subsidised loss-making centres only served to exacerbate the problem (Kruger, 2009; Teen, 2012). In the case of share pledging for example, where shares were sold amounting to 5.6 percent of the company, the share price was lowered further due to a glut of shares on the market (Teen, 2012). Several ABC’s lenders were leading banks, as it became apparent the company was in trouble ABC attempted to renegotiate loan agreements with the banking syndicate however, the recovery scheme was rejected by the bankers (Teen, 2012).This is quite understandable because, as Teen (2012) points out intangiable assets are quite often viewed as having little or no value when a company is in difficulty. Apart from the issue of poor accounting and financial management ABC also had problems in other aspects of the corporate governance