Police looking at Taser policy / Aspen Times, 5 Aug 2006

http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20060805/NEWS/108050071
Abigail Eagye
"Although Silverstein acknowledges that Tasers are preferable to revolvers, he wrote in the letter that "police departments around the country ... are authorizing and encouraging officers to use [T]asers in situations where no one would claim that lethal force is even arguably justified."Both city and state policy allow for an officer to employ his or her discretion in using a Taser on a subject who is attempting to escape or who is otherwise resisting arrest. Both local and state regulations regularly reference "reasonable" and "appropriate" physical force in such situations - but leave it up to the officer to determine what is reasonable and appropriate in a given situation.Silverstein said Tasers should never be used against a passively resisting person, although situations in which a suspect actively resists cloud the picture. Even if officers wouldn't use a revolver on a subject who is actively resisting (including physically fighting), a Taser might be acceptable in some cases." [Tasers]