My Dad got TAZERed

[Rollin]

My Dad is a cop (which is funny...) and he just did a training course on TAZERs, during which each officer was required to be zapped, so they knew what it was like.

He sent this email to me and my brother and sister just before:

Guys.

If ever a police officer informs you that he intends to TASER you unless you stop what you are doing I advise that you S T O P doing whatever it is that you are doing...

Was zapped yesterday.

50,000 volts.

Will not even begin to describe how painfull the experience was, to the extent that no one who has been tasered has been able to describe it.

All I will say is that the moment the power was turned on I went through three distinct thought processes.

First was a repeated (in my mind) loop of "how long is this going to last?".

Second was a repeated "turn it off!".

Third, when I genuinely (and I mean GENUINELY) thought I had an alien in my intestines that was going to explode through my stomach wall, combined with the PAIN in my hip, back and shoulder, was a constant thought that if the power wasn't turned off I could actually die from whatever it was that was happening inside me.

Finally the power was shut off (5 second burst) and I would have done anything anyone asked of me so long as the power was not turned on again....

Do not get TASERED for any reason....

Dad.

Soooo..... Really don't risk getting TAZERed I think!

[old_mate]

lol. i thought copping 415v AC hurt

[Malakai]

That's awesome, where do I line up to try it?

[Bipolar]

Crazy shit. Sounds like a bit of poo could be involved if held long enough.

[Damo]

My Dad is a cop (which is funny...)

lol that is funny.

I remember an episode of OCC where one of the guys got Tazered at a Police academy, he didn't look too happy.

[Commando]

I'm not quite following the "friendly fire" tasering course your old boy had to undertake... obviously the po-lice don't do the same with handguns?

[TUFED6]

Reminds me of that early episode of Jackass-



Knoxville seems to reckon the pepper spray was the worst tho.

[OED666]

obviously the po-lice don't do the same with handguns?

Thats Victorian po-lice for you... Shoot first and ask questions later.

Note to self, Tazers HURT!!! I remember watching Jackass when they had the Tazers, and IIRC JK said the capsicum spray was the worst, followed by the tazer.

**edit... i didnt see TUFED6's post before i posted... I love Johnny's comment about the pepper spray stopping a fucking freight train... LOL

[Damo]

oh wait i'm thinking of capsicum spray on OCC. Haha Jackass is funny..

[Rollin]

I'm not quite following the "friendly fire" tasering course your old boy had to undertake... obviously the po-lice don't do the same with handguns?

I think it's to get an appreciation of how much it hurts - It'd be easy to just keep hammering someone again and again and again if you have no appreciation of how much it hurts, but once you've felt it you'd probably realise that 3-5 seconds at a time is more than long enough to obtain full co-operation from the subject...

[Commando]

I suppose it is a good idea, it would be a fairly effective way to learn!

But sticking with handguns, I can't stop picturing that target practice scene from Super Troopers

[TUFED6]

Wonder what Workcover have to say about it.

Do you get compo if you have a heart attack and die?

[five point slow]

Don't tase me bro!

[oneredED]

My Dad is a cop (which is funny...)

You're dads a cop? Fark... what the hell does he think of your ED's then???

Does he browse the forums much?

j/k dude. **** gettin tazered.