Hey everyone!
I’m coming up on my Taser certification this week at my department. In my department, as well as my academy, being tased is optional and not required to get the certification. However, a few of my fellow deputies are saying I should just for the experience and as a “right of passage”. I don’t honestly see much of the point of going through it myself, but I’m on the fence. If you had the choice to get tased or not and receive your certification, which would you pick?
Side note: my department uses gator clips. Apparently the probes caused an infection during one of the certifications a while ago so they switched.
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Yeah man take the ride why not? It’s like 5 seconds of pain compared to a lifetime of being the guy who didn’t want to
I hated being tased, but yes you should do it at least once. It’s useful to know how effective your tools can be, and why.
Also, you regret things you didn’t do more than things you did.
Getting TASED sucked.
But it allowed me to be able to say, without hesitation, that when I was TASED I was helpless to defend myself or my weapon.
I know that anyone who was TASING me would be able to take my gun and kill me with it, no doubt.
Do it, for no other reason than to say you know how the other guy feels and might/might not react.
Do it. You’ll learn what to do if someone gets ahold of your taser.
Do it. In court you can testify to what it feels like and why you used that over anything else.
5 seconds of pain to save on the shit talking, absolutely. I’d take the probes again for $100 but no amount of money to willingly get sprayed. Gator clips too? I think there’s no excuse not to take the ride.
I think there’s a lot of value in doing it. We rely on each other to be willing to put ourselves in harm’s way or, at the very least, to be willing to be physically uncomfortable in order to do our jobs and keep our teammates safe.
Being willing to be tased, especially because it’s voluntary, is a great way to show that you are willing to put yourself on the line physically, with the added bonus that there is almost a 0% chance of injury (100% chance of real pain, though lol)
For reference…. I’ve been tased about 5 times over the years and I’ve genuinely hated and dreaded it every single time. I hope to never do it again, but I will if I’m ever in a position where I think it would be beneficial
No, I would not do it again if I could go back.
Does it suck? Yes absolutely. But it’s only 5 seconds and you’re done. The probes being taken out don’t hurt at all. The more people that got tased the more scenarios we would see which was rad (ex. Upper body, lower body, full body, one probe misses and what to do if it does). I’d rather get tased 5x over getting pepper sprayed again.
Ride the lighting man, it’s not THAT bad. I hated being OC sprayed so much more than being tased.
Taser was easy. 5 seconds of regretting you said yes vs a life of regret because you didn’t do it 😂😂😂
It’s not that bad though. OC sucked
Being tased is 5 seconds of your life. Its invaluable training so you know exactly what to expect. We have had officers and deputies get in fights and have ALL of their duty gear stripped off minus their firearm, even vests in some cases. You need to be at the very least understand first hand how a TASER impacts your body, and be able to articulate it in an official investigation if you have to use deadly force against a man armed with a TASER.
I was immobilized but did not need a recovery period to be back on my feet. We still carry XP26s, so I am not sure how a 7 or 10 would affect me. Some guys need several seconds to get over the effects before they are back in action.