Senator calls for moratorium on RCMP Taser use

CTV
Tuesday November 27, 2007

A moratorium on Taser use by the RCMP should be imposed until everyone is assured that officers issued the weapons are properly trained, says Sen. Colin Kenny.

The appropriate time to use them "is ... when someone is threatened or someone is in danger," the chair of the Senate defence and national security committee told Canada AM on Tuesday.

Kenny said police may wish to consider a different type of Taser.

"There are Tasers that actually record a picture of what the Taser's aiming at, and they record it on a little tape and they record the sound."

This would make the officer think twice before using the Taser and would give a reviewing officer a record of what happened, he said.

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Kenny said he was speaking in general terms and not specifically about the case of Robert Dziekanski, the Polish immigrant who died following a confrontation with police at Vancouver International Airport in the early-morning hours of Oct. 14.

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) released its report into the Dziekanski affair on Monday.

Alain Jolicoeur, president of the federal agency, said it would move to improve translation services at the airport and make changes in the way it deals with international travellers.

The CBSA will also extend video surveillance of the areas under its control within the airport, he said.

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