Shock Tactics Threaten Police Authority

McKenna Michael , ‘Shocked to the core’, The Australian (Sydney), 23 June 2009, 8.

Waitrowski Michael Goldstone Jack , ‘The ballot and the Badge: Democratic Policing’ (2010) 21(2) Journal of Democracy, 79–92.

Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) s 3ZQI.

Australasian Centre for Policing Research, National Minimum Guidelines for Incident Management, Conflict Resolution and Use of Force (1998), 1.

Baker David , ‘Police confirmation of use of force in Australia: “To be or not to be?”’ (2009) 52 Crime, Law and Social Change, 139–158.

ACPR, above n 4, 2.

Ibid.

Patty Anna , ‘He'd be alive if we had tasers: Police chief’, Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney), 19 May 2008, 3.

Stewart Cameron , ‘No Tasers for deadly police’, The Australian (Sydney), 13 July 2009, 1.

McKenna , above n 1; Benn Mathew , Australia: Man dies after being tasered by police (2009) World Socialist Web Site <wsws.org/articles/2009/jul2009/tase-j03.shtml> at 2 March 2011.

Federation of Community Legal Centres (Vic), Alternatives to Police use of Lethal Force: Tasers are not the answer (2009) <communitylaw.org.au/cb_pages/doing_justice_flyers.php> at 3 March 2011.

See Amnesty International, Tasers: Potentially lethal and easy to abuse <amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/report/tasers-potentially-lethal-and-easy-abuse-20081216> at 3 March 2011.

Amnesty International, Amnesty International's Continuing Concerns about Taser use (2006) AMR51/303/2006 §3.4 <amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR51/03/2006> at 3 March 2011; Mungin Lateef , ‘Officer: Taser not main death cause’, Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Atlanta), 2 October 2007, B4; Schulte Sarah , ‘Bride accuses police of assault’, ABC Chicago (online), 29 September 2004.

Lee Trymaine Hauser Christine , ‘Naked Man Dies in Brooklyn After Police Use a Taser Gun’, New York Times (New York), 25 September 2008, 1.

Mungin , above n 13.

Coppin Rhiannon , ‘Call paramedics, then Taser’, Vancouver Sun (Vancouver), 26 November 2007, 4.

Mungin , above n 13.

Guest Debbie , ‘Man set alight after being hit with Taser’, The Australian (Sydney), 20 July 2009, 3.

ABC News, Police union defends ‘very safe’ Tasers, ABC News (online), 22 July 2009 <abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/22/2632916.htm> at 3 March 2011.

ABC News, Police Taser review revives ban debate, ABC News (online), 4 September 2009.

NSW Ombudsman, The use of Taser weapons by New South Wales Police Force: A special report to Parliament under section 31 of the Ombudsman Act 1974 (2008) II.

Mennie James , ‘“Difficult to believe” Taser not a factor in death: Coroner’, Calgary Herald (Calgary), 30 August 2008, 2; Bailey Sue , ‘New RCMP policy says Tasers can kill, restricts use’, Waterloo Region Record (Waterloo), 13 February 2009, 3.

Marriner Cosima , ‘Police face shocking truth: Tasers tempt the trigger happy’, Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney), 3 July 2009, 5.

Welch Dylan Taflaga Marija , ‘Taser abuse covered up by police’, Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney), 6 July 2010, 1.

NSW Ombudsman, above n 21, III.

McKenna , above n 1.

‘Police “had no right” to pull Taser on child’, Brisbane Times (Brisbane), 13 February 2009.

ABC Radio, ‘Police defend use of taser on driver at wheel’, PM, 27 April 2009 <abc.net.au/pm/content/2008/s2553914.htm> at 3 March 2011.

ABC Sydney ‘Police defend tasering boy in juvenile detention’, 6 July 2010 <abc.net.au/local/stories/2010/07/06/2945875.htm?site=sydney> at 3 March 2011.

Booth Robert , ‘Taser allegedly used eight times on unarmed man’, The Guardian (London), 18 December 2007, 7.

Sansom Marie , ‘Youth workers fear youngsters will be Tasered’, Cumberland-Courier Newspapers (Sydney), 26 June 2009, 9.

ABC News, WA Police rejects Indigenous stun gun ban. ABC News (online), 23 July 2009 <abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/23/2634484.htm> at 3 March 2011.

Robins Brian , ‘Police get a grip on stun guns’, Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney), 7 September 2009, 4.

‘Police investigate Taser use as victim sues’, 14 June 2009 <news.com.au/police-investigate-taser-use-as-victim-sues/story-0-1225734583157> at 3 March 2011.

Welch Dylan , ‘Police fought information request to bitter end’, Sydney Morning Herald (Sydfney), 6 July 2010. <smh.com.au/nsw/police-fought-information-request-to-bitter-end-20100705-zxpf.html> at 3 March 2011.

Welch , above n 24.

McKenna , above n 1.

Bailey Sue , ‘New RCMP policy says Tasers can kill, restricts use’, Waterloo Region Record (Waterloo), 13 February 2009, 3.

Kelly Joe , ‘Despite the risks, Tasers win approval’, The Australian (Sydney), 7 September 2009, 7.

Welch Dylan , ‘Police silence on man's death after they shot him with a Taser’, Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney), 20 November 2008, 1.

ABC News. Police Taser review revives ban debate, ABC News (online), 4 September 2009 <http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/090/4/2676396.htm>.

Ibid.

Welch Dylan . ‘Police silence on man's death after they shot him with a Taser’, Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney), 20 November 2008, 1.

Ibid.

Ibid.

Mills Dale , ‘Tasers and pepper spray’ (March 2008) 212 Civil Liberties, 14.

Linnell Garry , ‘Officers braving constant danger’, Daily Telegraph (Sydney), 7 July 2008, 4.

Australian Institute of Criminology, Violent Crime Statistics <aic.gov.au/statistics/violent%20crime.aspx> at 3 March 2011.

Australian Bureau of Statistics, Crime and Safety Australia (2006) <abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/mf/4509.0> at 3 March 2011.