I was tazzed because I was having a break down now i have panic attacks and back problem?

Answer 1

collect evidence,file a complaint and sue if you have to. police need better training and different non lethal weapons. as long as problems are acceepted or ignored,nothing will be done.

Answer 2

I'll start my answer by telling everybody that I am a police officer. If you just hate the cops and think they're always wrong, you might as well stop reading now.

Still with me? Good. I can assure you, with relative certainty, that you were not tased because you were having a panic attack. You were probably tased because you failed to follow instructions, or threatened the officers or somebody else and a lesser amount of force had already failed or was not practical.

You may have done that because you were having a panic attack, but the officers probably did not know that at the time. We are not doctors, we are police officers. I cannot diagnose your medical conditions, but I can keep the peace and that is what I intend to do. If you complain about, or show any signs of, a medical condition, I will take the appropriate actions and get you medical help ASAP. A common example is when the officer stops a car for a DWI investigation, and finds the driver sober but in a diabetic emergency.

The taser is a fantastic tool, but it is not the answer to every situation. I work alone most of the time and usually without backup. I will not go back to the "good old days" of hoping pepper spray works and using a baton. I am far more likely to use a taser on somebody who tells me they're not going to jail, than grabbing a hold of them and trying to wrestle them into handcuffs. I am not a 6'6" weightlifter, but some of the people I arrest are. Why risk a fight where I may get hurt or killed?

Here are the cold, hard facts about the taser. Everywhere that has them has seen a dramatic drop in officer involved shootings, assaults on officers, injuries to both officers and suspects, and lawsuits. All the media hype about tasers killing people is wrong. Although people have died after being tased, there has not been one single death attributed to the taser after the death has been reviewed. Saying a taser kills people is like saying a tall building killed somebody, but not mentioning they jumped to their death.

Your chances of being injured or killed are much, much less with a taser that with other force options, including firearms, batons, pepper spray, and bean bag rounds.

My advice to everybody is to comply. If you know you're innocent and the police have the wrong guy, or you're acting crazy because you need your meds, don't try to start a debate when you're being told to put your hands behind your back or get on the ground. I can assure you the officer does not care what you have to say at that point, the time for talking comes after he has established you are not a threat to him. That means after you've been handcuffed, searched, etc. The officer's main objective at all times, on all calls, is to go home safe.

Finally, I am all for review of police actions. If you think the police used excessive force, demand an investigation. You can even file a criminal complaint with another agency or a civil rights complaint with the FBI to ensure it is independently investigated. If you think you were assaulted by the state police, ask the sheriff to investigate. If you think the sheriff assaulted you, call the city or state police. You get the idea.

Answer 3

Sonny, when I started in law enforcement, a night stick was all the "less than lethal force" option we had. You're "break down" would have been beat down.
Then I got MACE. Pretty good stuff, but it often did not work on folks having break downs and I still had to whack them with the stick.
Then I got Pepper Spray. Very good stuff, still, sometimes it just wasn't enough, and I still had to whack them with the stick, not as often though.
Then came the Taser. Excellent product. Haven't had to use the stick.
I've been "tazzed" twice, once during training and one on the street by accident (damn rookies). I do not have panic attacks or a back problem.
Suck it up, and quit yer bitchin. . .

Answer 4

Of Course you didn't do anything worng!!! No on ever does. The Police just go around hurting people for no good reason.
B.S. You must have been acting like a total nut job and posing a danger. The panic atacks and back pain are not from the Taser it's from your desire to sue. I have been Tased three times and once was for a 15 second ride. I am a Taser Certified Instructor and seen hundreds and hundreds of people tased and not one has had any residule effect. Go ahead and sue, or better yet don't act like a moron and the police won't have to deal with you.

Answer 5

You sound like a big baby. You more then likely deserved what you got for acting like a fool and not you want to see how many people are just as stupid as you. The taser is the best tool in law enforcement today. Would you rather have been hit with the beanbag shotgun or the pepper balls or even the mace? You got it lucky. Stop complaining and suck it up you loser.

Answer 6

My first question is How are the officers expected to know about your panic attacks and back problem?" They can only respond to your BEHAVIOR. Next I wonder what you DID, that resulted in them using the Taser. Without knowing the answer to those questions, I'll settle for pointing out that your statement is not an actual question.

Answer 7

Sorry but I do not think you will win in a court for them causing you to have panic attacks. As you were having a break down at the time it might have been needed as you may have been very violent and they did not want to shoot you with a gun. I do hope you are doing better

Answer 8

Sounds to me like you are trying to sue to get even. I bet you called a Lawyer before you went to see a Doctor. Having a breakdown? You were mostly likely out of control. You were tazed to prevent any injury to yourself or others, including the Officers who were present. You should have gone to a Therapist not a Lawyer.

Answer 9

I suppose that your point is that now you believe that you're entitled to some sort of compensation. Typical!

Here's a clue, if you were presenting a danger to yourself or another person, tazing you was the right thing to do (Hello-Non-Leathal Weapon), and if you still suffer ill effects from that, which I seriously doubt, it's on you, or the nitwit who allowed you to be out in public while under the influence of some psychosis or another.

Answer 10

It depends on why you were tasered. If the police had justifiable cause your wasting your time and money. And they are not going to outlaw tasers anytime soon, Tasers are a certain level of force to be used depending on the situation. Were you aggressive and Non Compliant.

Answer 11

Did they user a "tazzer" on you? Sounds like a Tasmanian Devil. Was it actually a cartoon character or was it a "Taser"?
With the huge amount of data you provide, I can see why Calee and the others who never have had to deal with EDPs (emotionally disturbed persons) would immediately suspect the cops used too much force because they have NO CLUE as to what they would do.
I know when we first got tasers here, somebody who didn't know where I worked said "Oh yeah, they use those tasers too much!" and we hadn't ever used one yet...
Keep doubting law enforcement, they will keep responding to your calls anyway so why back them. Kind of like the military, here to be cursed and come running when you need us.