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What are the reasons for adopting Tasers as weapons in police forces?

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Less injury to those who are breaking the law ... an electrical shock is far less harmful than a bullet entering the body.

And police records indicate that the TASER is used primarily against violent individuals classified as emotionally disturbed, and that 85 percent of suspects were effectively incapacitated and taken into custody without further incident

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