City of Baltimore - File #: 07-0292R

• File #: 07-0292R
• Version: 0
• Name: Informational Hearing - Baltimore City Police Department - Use of Tasers or Other Electronic Control Weapons - Risk Management
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Failed - End of Term
• File created: 4/30/2007
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 12/5/2007
• Title: Informational Hearing - Baltimore City Police Department - Use of Tasers or Other Electronic Control Weapons - Risk Management FOR the purpose of requesting the Commissioner of Police to share with the City Council and the citizens of Baltimore the Department's policy for the use of Tasers or other electronic control weapons, the protocol for use of this "less than lethal" force weapon, the immediate health implications and risk of latent medical complications to persons subjected to electronic control weapons, and any plans for changes in current policy as they pertain to the use of electronic control weapons in law enforcement deployment in the neighborhoods of Baltimore City.
• Sponsors: Kenneth Harris, President Young, Robert Curran, Mary Pat Clarke, Edward Reisinger, Belinda Conaway, James B. Kraft, Agnes Welch, Rochelle Spector, Sharon Green Middleton
• Indexes: Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/3/2007	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
4/30/2007	0	City Council	Introduced
4/30/2007	0	City Council	Assigned

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Harris

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Informational Hearing - Baltimore City Police Department - Use of Tasers or Other Electronic Control Weapons - Risk Management

FOR the purpose of requesting the Commissioner of Police to share with the City Council and the citizens of Baltimore the Department's policy for the use of Tasers or other electronic control weapons, the protocol for use of this "less than lethal" force weapon, the immediate health implications and risk of latent medical complications to persons subjected to electronic control weapons, and any plans for changes in current policy as they pertain to the use of electronic control weapons in law enforcement deployment in the neighborhoods of Baltimore City.
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The recent death of a Baltimore women in custody this past Tuesday after being struck in the chest with a stun gun, or Taser, as she allegedly attacked a city officer "without provocation" during a narcotics investigation, was the second in the Baltimore area in the last 2 months - in March, a mentally ill Baltimore County man died after officers shocked him after he attacked them, armed with a baseball bat.

These incidents bring new attention to the simmering debate on the effectiveness and safety of the use of electronic control weapons in incidents where law enforcement officers deem it appropriate to use "less than lethal" forc...