The Garda management is considering the widespread
deployement of Taser guns to the Gardai (Police force of Ireland) for extra protection.
About 800 Gardaí are
injured in serious assaults each year and need hospital or medical treatment and spend three days or
more off work. Due to the cost of acquiring large number of Taser guns
only a few of these weapons were acquired. With assaults on Gardai – which is leading to rising compensation
claims from members of the force – Garda management is considering increasing
the number of Tasers available to officers.
A GRA spokesman said
that they would provide an extra layer of protection and that Tasers could
prove more effective than other incapacitants such as pepper spray.
At present, the Taser
weapons are only issued to trained members of the armed Emergency Response
Unit, based in Dublin, and the five Regional Response Units.
If these Gardai are on
leave or otherwise not available, the weapon cannot be used. The Garda are
now examining different makes of Taser to see which would be the most
appropriate for use here.
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