TASER 'A SAFE AND EFFECTIVE' OPTION AGAINST THREATS / thisisexeter.co.uk, 12 February 2007
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"A Taser stun gun was used in Exeter last week to end a siege involving a mentally ill woman armed with a knife. Police say the Taser negates the need for lethal force on suspects; others claim the weapon is cruel
Taser stun guns, which temporarily paralyse their targets, give police in the UK a non-lethal way of dealing with armed people.Devon and Cornwall police have used the weapons just four times since taking delivery of 40 of them in 2005."