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Missouri cops now using 80,000-volt stun cuffs on prisoners
The Sheriffs Department in Buchanan County, Missouri has begun using 80,000-volt enhanced handcuffs for prisoner transfers and some court appearances while dismissing potential safety concerns, KQTV-TV reported on Monday.
It affects the muscles of the body and it doesnt really affect anything else, Captain Jody Hovey told KQTV. Every one says it affects your heart, and it does not. What it does really is it just sends a charge through the body that locks up your muscles.
Hovey said to KQTV that the stun cuffs, as they have been called, are tied around a prisoners arm or leg and can be operated via remote control from as far as 100 yards away. His department is currently using only two pairs, valued at $2,200 apiece, citing bugs and kinks that need to be corrected before more are ordered.
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ABC Fusion reported in August 2013 that according to Amnesty International, 500 people died in the U.S. after being shocked by Tasers between 2001 and 2012. Tasers typically deploy a charge of 50,000 volts, just over half the reported capacity of the new stun cuffs.
Full article here: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/26/missouri-cops-now-using-80000-volt-stun-cuffs-on-prisoners/
RedCappedBandit
(5,514 posts)"It affects the muscles of the body and it doesnt really affect anything else, Captain Jody Hovey told KQTV. Every one says it affects your heart, and it does not."
How fucking stupid can you get.
And these people want us to view them as professionals? They wonder why everybody fucking hates them.
Hardlyaround
(98 posts)Here's a news flash for you Sheriff, THE HEART IS A MUSCLE.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)And giving them a shock is surely preferable to shooting them.
mike_c
(36,281 posts)eom
EvilAL
(1,437 posts)prisoners in cuffs running away that they have to be able to stun them from 300 feet away? Do the police not have legs to chase a guy in fucking cuffs?
davidn3600
(6,342 posts)If anyone dies from these, the Captain should be charged with murder.
If it's as safe and non-lethal as he claims....I would think he would gladly agree to this.
Neoma
(10,039 posts)Response to Neoma (Reply #6)
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Hardlyaround
(98 posts)This Sheriff is a dangerous fool if he doesn't know that.
madrchsod
(58,162 posts)sgtbenobo
(327 posts).... make this shit up.
http://www.stun-cuff.com/files/1558099/uploaded/Inmate%20Notification.pdf
Carry on....very, very quietly.
Boomerproud
(7,963 posts)winter is coming
(11,785 posts)NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)Because we all know COs and LEOs will use these devices appropriately and with the utmost restraint.
NickB79
(19,258 posts)A way to stop prison fights and riots before they get out of hand.