NEWBURGH – The use of a Taser, a stun-gun device, by a police officer is a better means of subduing a suspect than using a gun in some circumstances.
The Newburgh City Police Department, like many others, uses those devices, and Deputy Police Chief Phil Pulaski said they are a good calming device.
“This is a less lethal weapon that is designed to be used instead of a firearm; it’s an alternative to using a firearm, and there is no surveillance. Obviously, there is a record of the use of the Taser, but what this is designed to do is, in certain circumstances, to subdue somebody without having to use deadly physical force,” he said.
The Newburgh lawmakers approved a five-year contract with the Axon Enterprise production but held off approving a new contract for Axon police body cameras for now since renewal of that contract is a year off.
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