Though tasers have recently just arrived into the country, they are still under trial of whether the Parliament should allow the device to be in the Police Academy's hands .
The trial of tasers has been observed and the results are in process of whether the device is safe or not. However, with cases heard from America (from where they were originally from) and Australia, the parliament fears that if the tasers were to be released into the hands of the officers on street patrol, they too will misuse the device and having killed someone with their own hands.
The UN has already disagreed on having tasers anywhere near people or even in the officers possesion, but countries feel that in order for the community and surroundings to be safe, officers need to be safe also - using tasers would be an immediate and easy access tool to use from a distance rather than guns (which would most likely be the chance of getting the suspect killed than to have alive).
Press release from the Beehive has it, that Auckland and Wellington have had the taser trial - along with batons and the other weapons in which they found very effective ...
The financial status at the moment - with the recession at this time of the year, NZ is currently still thinking of providing the tasers from overseas and having them shipped to NZ. NZ has been majorly effected.
Personally, tasers should be provided as they will always be compact in size to have as a back up if batons are not going to be worth having and knowing that it will not have a instant effect on the suspect or ciminal- even though police dogs do make an effect , they aren't always carried in police cars.
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