Excerpt From Michael Gennaco's statement to the Palo Alto City Council on May 7, 2007. "Tasers are tools instruments weapon, they are also instruments that if there is not tight policy can be abused by law enforcement officers. There was a recognition of having a very tight policy and the task force worked very closely with the police department in ensuring in fact that there would be a policy that would hold officers accountable should tasers be abused and also to direct officers when tasers should be deployed. In addition the task force thought it would be important that there be an effective and independent training of officers who are going to be given tasers. And finally the task force thought it important as a majority that there be some sort of outside review or auditing mechanism when tasers are deployed should this council authorize the issuance of tasers to its officers so that um there can be an independent determination to ensure that the policies, the training is complied with, one, and two, when its not that officers be held accountable." |
Video of Michael Gennaco's statement to the Palo Alto City Council on May 7, 2007
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