Taser, arma não letal mais moderna: uma proposta de uso pelo CBMMA

Abstract

This work was developed from a literature search in order to submit a proposal for the use of Taser by firefighters from the Fire Brigade of Maranhão. Initially a discussion of the emergence of lethal and non-lethal weapons was taken. Also talked about the Taser gun shock that constitutes one of the most modern weapons considered non-lethal and that has provoked intense debate among policy makers from public safety and the movement of human rights. Is the Taser, according to the positioning of many physicians, can lead to death people targeted carriers of pacemakers who have heart problems and high blood pressure. However, for specialists in public safety, Taser constitutes the most effective non-lethal weapon to fight crime and restraining disorder caused by social movements in the streets and that, therefore, must replace the air-lethal weapons, ie, firearms whose use by the police often ends in death of the targeted people. The Taser is a weapon that fires electrified darts that hit the target to immobilize for a few seconds, so that the police complete operation of prison