Police to consider taser guns on aggresive individuals

KUALA LUMPUR (July 13): The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) is considering allowing its staff to use taser guns in their daily operations, said Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador.

This would reduce the necessity of using firearms, especially when dealing with aggressive or amok persons.

“PDRM does not want to shoot anyone, and wants to resolve issues without loss of life, such as when dealing with persons under the influence of drugs who will be aggressive, so we want to only use taser guns to resolve these cases.

“Although the use of taser guns has been introduced before this, not many were provided to police staff, and most were of poor quality,” he told Bernama at Bukit Aman here.

Abdul Hamid said taser guns had a specific lifespan depending on its quality.

Source: TheEdgeMarkets