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Anti Federalist
04-20-2010, 10:54 AM
POLICE: LET US SEDATE SUSPECTS

Sunday April 18,2010

POLICE want the power to order dangerous suspects to be injected with a sedative.

They claim this would help them deal with people suffering from Excited Delirium Syndrome, a condition said to give victims very high levels of strength and aggression.

Allowing paramedics to sedate such people could reduce deaths in custody, the Police Federation believes.

Only doctors or other medics can currently decide who is given drugs and officers cannot restrain anyone while a sedative is administered.

Helen Shaw from Inquest, a group for families who have lost loved ones in custody-related deaths, said: “These proposals are dangerous, particularly if the medication triggers a bad reaction.”

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/169918/Police-Let-us-sedate-suspects

tangent4ronpaul
04-20-2010, 11:30 AM
The US was developing a round that would deliver a powerful anesthetic to be issued to cops. Fortunately, it doesn't seem to have ever been deployed.

The anesthetic is the same one used in the Moscow theater - and we all know how well that worked out... :rolleyes:

-t

MelissaWV
04-20-2010, 11:32 AM
It's just as safe as tasers!

...

:rolleyes: