A Tribune analysis shows Taser use has jumped fivefold in the city since 2008 and suburban agencies that were surveyed were on pace to double their use, as departments equipped more officers with the devices. Chicago police were deploying Tasers at a rate of more than twice a day in 2011.
And oversight has not kept pace with the explosion in use. Departments are on their own in developing policies on when and how electroshock devices should be deployed, with no state regulation.
Chuck Goudie is salivating, hoping that Tasers are outlawed so that the CPD can go back to killing people outright. Then he can write another slanted piece that does nothing to castigate the criminal assailant for behavior that gets them killed, but lays all the blame at the feet of the police who just want to do their jobs and see their families at the end of the day.