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"A drop in the number of taser shocks is due to new training techniques. Officers are taught to threaten a suspect with the Taser first by flashing the laser, which more often than not encourages compliance from a suspect because he or she thinks they're about to get zapped. Edmontonians have been rightly concerned about whether some members of Boyd's force had been abusing the devices. Indeed, over the past week, Edmontonians have no doubt been disturbed to read of two troubling instances of police officers accused of misusing their stun guns."
