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Urbana review board examines 2021 hospital taser deployment, urges clearer policy
Summary
At its Dec. 17 meeting the Urbana Civilian Police Review Board reviewed body-camera footage of a Feb. 18, 2021 hospital incident where a taser deployment did not produce a neural incapacitating effect; members pressed police on discretion about announcing deployments, probed equipment issues and asked for clearer policy and training.
Deputy Cervantes and Lieutenant Gardner presented video and a summary of a Feb. 18, 2021 incident in which officers responded to a motel-to-hospital sequence involving a subject recently released from a mental-health facility. "A sergeant deployed a taser, which was ineffective," the department's presenter said while explaining that one probe struck the wall and the device did not produce the expected connection to the subject.
Board members and police staff told the board the footage shows two different taser models in use: an older X2 model (no longer carried) and the department's Taser 7, which the department said penetrates thicker clothing more…
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