Police Stun Guns and Patrol Car Video Surveillance
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The employment of technology in dealing with criminals has long been debated upon . For instance , capital punishment via electric chair , gas chamber , and lethal injection is criticized for its inhuman and barbaric nature . And yet , victims of heinous crimes and supporters of the death penalty find capital punishment as protection to the society (Koch 1985
In the same way , the use of police stun guns is viewed by those against it as unnecessary infliction of pain and , therefore
, inhuman . However crime victims see the use of stun guns in capturing their assailants as beneficial and valuable . Similarly , the use of patrol car surveillance has been criticized as invasion of privacy but individuals who yearns that the violation of their rights find justice perceive the use of patrol car surveillance as a valuable means to expediently suppressing the assailants
Police Stun Guns
Because of the high crime rate in the country , many people have succumbed to the inevitability of using police stun guns to protect innocent civilians from attackers as well as to stop the assailants with minimal harm against the latter . Stun guns use high voltage to stop an attacker by immobilizing him but without inflicting serious or permanent damage (Eaton , 2007 ) Two mechanisms allow this to occur : it confuses the nervous system by sending electric current through that system and it also causes the muscles of the body to contract rapidly making them do a lot of work in a short amount of time depleting their energy making them unable to move (Beatty , 2007
The Essay on The Myth of Gun Control in Crime Prevention
America has a long tradition of gun ownership and for many Americans it is a fundamental part of life. The right to keep and bear arms is guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the Constitution. However, in recent years, there were many controversial discussions about the Second Amendment because there were a high number of gun-related deaths, wounding, accidents, and suicides in the US. School ...
Those against the use of stun guns may argue that it is unnecessary infliction of harm against the suspected assailant . However , the fact remains that criminals who attempt to flee also need to be captured for the benefit of the victim and this can be done with minimal harm against the assailant with the use of stun guns . Thus , stun guns do not only allow the victims to have their assailants captured but the offenders are also protected in the manner that the harm that they would receive is minimal as compared to being subjected to shooting
Those against the use of stun guns would also argue that this can be greatly abused , if widely legalized . Yes , abuse may be present especially with the background of police officers . In my opinion however , it is not the mere use of stun guns that should be attacked but the wide use of it without measures that would protect the other innocent individuals to whom it may be used against . Using stun guns to pacify a criminal and preventing him to flee is necessary but using the stun guns for abusive purposes is not . The society will feel safer with the knowledge that their protectors , the police officers , are armed with effective means to capture the criminals around them
Patrol Car Video Surveillance
The use of patrol car video surveillance has been attacked because of its…
