More Tasers, more police shootings: Weapons 'encourage aggressive behaviour'STUFF There was a 29 per cent jump in the number of events involving Taser deployment from 2015 to 2016. Research suggested the use of Tasers led to more shootings and armed confrontations with offenders because of the "weapons effect". WEAPONS EFFECTBradley said the so-called "weapons effect" was a concept used in social psychology that suspected the presence of weapons affected human behaviour. STUFF Most Taser events did not involve Taser discharge; for every six times Taser was presented in 2016 it was discharged once. "​Most Taser events did not involve Taser discharge; for every six times Taser was presented in 2016 it was discharged only once.

Source: Stuff November 30, 2017 08:03 UTC