The Eugene Police Commission will discuss preliminary data documenting the use of Tasers during the initial six months of the Eugene Police Department’s Taser pilot project at its regularly scheduled meeting today at 5:30 p.m. at city hall.
According to the data, the EPD documented 16 Taser activations during 10 different incidents.
The EPD also recorded a total of 48 additional incidents where “verbal warnings and/or the display of a Taser without activation” were used, according to a police release.
The data will not be analyzed until March 2009 after more time has elapsed; a formal report is anticipated at that time, according to the release.
The EDP purchased 40 Tasers for the pilot project beginning in January 2008.
The preliminary data on the use of Tasers over the past six months was released to the Eugene Police Commission on August 8.
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EPD to discuss data on Taser pilot project
August 13, 2008
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