May 30, 2007:
According to reports from the Times Colonist in Victoria, Canada, a distraught woman found by police cutting her legs with shards of glass was subdued by a TASER electronic control device. Link
Electroshock weapon technology uses a temporary high-voltage low-current electrical discharge to override the body's muscle-triggering mechanisms. The recipient feels great pain, and can be momentarily paralyzed while an electric current is being applied.
May 30, 2007:
According to reports from the Times Colonist in Victoria, Canada, a distraught woman found by police cutting her legs with shards of glass was subdued by a TASER electronic control device. Link