The joint award-winning project by CBC/Radio-Canada and The Canadian Press produced a multimedia analysis of Taser stun guns and their use by the RCMP. This endeavour in 2008 created a multitude of stories for newspapers, websites, radio and television – including the following exclusive reports from The Canadian Press.
Part I: Taser Secrecy
Part II: The Taser Gun death of Robert Dziekanski
Part III: Multiple RCMP Taser zaps on rise despite warning
Part IV: RCMP-Taser-QuickFacts
Part V: One in three hit with RCMP Tasers need medical care
Part IV: RCMP-Taser-QuickFacts (published June 11, 2008)
OTTAWA – Some statistics on RCMP Taser use across the country from 2002 to 2007:
- Number of events when Taser used: 3226
- Total number of events when person zapped multiple times: 1376
- Total percentage of incidents involving multiple firings: 43
- Percentage of incidents involving multiple firings in 2002: 31
- Percentage of incidents involving multiple firings in 2007: 44.5
- Percentage of multiple-firing incidents in which person zapped was unarmed: 65
- Average number of officers present when Taser used: 2.73
(Source: RCMP / The Canadian Press / CBC-Radio-Canada)
© 2009 The Canadian Press
Series Continues:
| Taser Secrecy | Dziekanski | Zaps on rise | RCMP-Taser-QuickFacts | Medical Care |