Police Use of Tasers
The Psychiatric Patient Advocate Office is beginning to examine the use of tasers by police as a systemic advocacy issue. Over the coming weeks and months we will be updating this section of the website to provide more information, from a patient and a rights perspective.
Coroner's Jury Verdicts, Position Papers and Correspondence
Stakeholder Consultation: Use of Tasers - OAPC + PPAO - Feb 13, 2008
Nova Scotia: Conducted Energy Device (CED) Review - March 5, 2008
Reply from Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety - February 1, 2008
Letter to Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety - November 29, 2007
Reply from Monte Kwinter, Minister of Community Safety and
Correctional Services - August 14, 2007
Letter to Monte Kwinter, Minister of Community Safety and
Correctional Services - July 19, 2007
Vass Inquest: Verdict of Coroner's Jury - November 2006
Lamonday Inquest: Verdict of Coroner's Jury - May 2005
Amnesty International Canada's concerns about police use of tasers.
Media Coverage
Toronto Star - Student sues over alleged Taser use - March 28, 2008
Globe & Mail - Taser Reporting: Editing out the essence - March 26, 2008
Toronto Star - Taser use doubles, report shows- March 26, 2008
Toronto Star - RCMP edits Taser reports, probe finds - March 25, 2008
Toronto Star - Tasering violated man's rights, judge rules -
March 18, 2008
Globe & Mail: Clearer taser standards needed, Nova Scotia report says -
March 5, 2008
Canadian Press : Human rights activists call for moratorium on Taser use -
February 7 , 2008
Hamilton Spectator : Man spits blood at police, Tasered twice -
February 5, 2008
Globe and Mail : Taser CEO grilled by public safety committee -
January 31, 2008
Globe and Mail : Tasered-teen case raises new questions for MPs-
January 30, 2008
CBC News: Chicago study calls Taser's safety claims into question -
January 30, 2008
Toronto Star: Taser exec takes shots from audience- January 18, 2008
thestar.com: Watchdog protest Taser presentation - January 14, 2008
The Globe and Mail: Taser adds rock to the shock - January 9, 2008
London Free Press: Taser parties scare up new marketing niche -
January 5 , 2007
The Globe and Mail: How easily they use their tasers - December 29, 2007
Sun Media: Cops use Taser in toy store - December 27, 2007
Globe and Mail: Better training, clearer guidelines needed on tasers,
Quebec panel says - December 20, 2007
Hamilton Spectator: Taser use by police in Hamilton down 31% -
December 17, 2007
Hamilton Spectator: Experts: Taser not intended as gun alternative -
December 17, 2007
St. Thomas Times-Journal: Tasers save lives: chief - December 14, 2007
The London Free Press: Taser moratorium rejected - December 14, 2007
Hamilton Spectator: Jury still out on use of tasers - December 13, 2007
London Free Press: RCMP reviewer promises 'tough' recommendations -
December 13, 2007
London Free Press: Curb use of Tasers, Mounties urged -
December 13, 2007
Globe and Mail: Tasers have role in policing, RCMP watchdog says
December 13, 2007
London Free Press: Taser suspension defeated - December 4, 2007
Globe and Mail: Symposium aims to define 'excited delirium' - Nov 30, 2007
Globe and Mail: Taser firms picked up coroner's tab to give lectures -
November 30, 2007
Globe and Mail: Border agency vows to improve monitoring - Nov 27, 2007
Globe and Mail: How the system failed Dziekanski - November 27, 2007
Canadian Press: 'Procedure was followed' in Taser death - Nov 27, 2007
Canadian Press: Six new deaths spark 'ban the Taser' demands in U.S. -
November 27, 2007
Canadian Press: OPP commissioner defends Tasers - November 27, 2007
Vancouver Province: Tawer-related death to prompt sweeping changes
at Border Services - November 26, 2007
Globe and Mail: How should we react to the unruly? - November 22, 2007
CanWest News: Investigation underway after man shot with Taser dies -
November 22, 2007
CBC News: Manitoba man sues RCMP over Taser use - Nov. 21, 2007
Globe and Mail: 'Vacuum' sparks B.C. taser inquiry - November 20, 2007
Canadian Press: Tasers are a necessary police tool, Day says -
November 19, 2007
Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police: CACP Moves Forward
with National Taser-Related Research Initiatives - November 16, 2007
Toronto Star: Tasered Texan is suing city and Houston police -
November 14, 2007
Globe and Mail: Officers calm as they fired tasers,
man who shot video says - November 14, 2007
Globe and Mail: Taser victim's mother given access to video -
November 9, 2007
Canadian Press: Investigators return B.C. taser video - November 8, 2007
London Free Press: Officer sentenced for taser abuse - November 6, 2007
Toronto Star: Taser profit doubles as sales up 56%- October 24, 2007
Brockville Recorder and Times: Local police not planning review of the
use of Tasers - October 23, 2007
Globe and Mail Editorial: Time to recognize the risks of tasers -
October 23, 2007
London Free Press: 'Overkill' - October 23, 2007
London Free Press: Man, 34, suffers heart attack after taser jolt
October 21, 2007
Toronto Star: Minimum standards for Tasers needed - October 20, 2007
Montreal Gazette : Amnesty calls for ban on Taser use after Quebec
death - October 19, 2007
Globe and Mail: The trouble with tasers - October 16, 2007
Toronto Star: SIU charges Halton officers in taser incident -
May 23, 2007
