Brraidwood Inquiry Report Essay

Introduction: The recommendations given in the Braidwood Inquiry Report are for the most part, realistic and appropriate. However, there are a number of recommendations that are not completely practical; including the demand for every officer who has a conducted energy weapon to also have an automated external defibrillator readily available for use and the demand for paramedics be present in every medically high risk situation involving deployment of a conducted energy weapon. These demands are not financially realistic and require a great amount of the already limited time and resources of the federal government and its officers, in order to be carried out. Overview: I acknowledge the several incidents in which the deployment of a …show more content…
The fact is, throughout this report a great deal of information involving the medical aspects of the deployment of a conducted energy weapon are old and poorly executed. Braidwood made a statement explaining that he is satisfied with the evidence provided to confidently say that energy conducted weapons have the capacity to cause the death of the recipient. Since then, new, improved and updated research has been made available; Dr. Bill Lewinski, executive director of the FSRC made this statements regarding the new found information, “Some of that early information appears not to be accurate, and it seems that Judge Braidwood did not get the latest medical information available, or rejected it, which could have led to significantly different conclusions. Some of his conclusions would not be considered plausible or reasonable by contemporary experts in the medical field. They are old, outdated, and biased and not founded on good science.” The main conclusion that was raised from the updated research on conducted energy weapons was that, among many measures used to control subjects who are resisting, tasers are hardly more likely to induce stress than a shot of pepper spray. The point is, it is very difficult to determine the cause of death when it comes to heart complications. For example, the deployment of a …show more content…
For example, the recommendation to prohibit officers from deploying a conducted energy weapon if no lesser force option is, or will be effective in eliminating the risk of bodily harm and if de-escalation and/or crisis intervention techniques have failed or will fail in preventing the risk of bodily harm. This recommendation is realistic in guaranteeing the actions involving a conducted energy weapon are justifiable and appropriate. Another commendable aspect of the Braidwood Inquiry Report was the abundance of respect Thomas Braidwood displayed for human life and a genuine concern that the police be able to use force in a responsible, effective and conservative way in order to ensure respect for societal values. These, along with a number of the recommendations and comments made by Thomas Braidwood in the Braidwood Inquiry Report offered a refreshing and admiral view point on the use of conducted energy weapons in law