In memory of our brother and son, Robert Bagnell, who died moments after being tasered by police in Vancouver, British Columbia on June 23, 2004. Bob was the 7th Canadian to die and the 110th in North America.
March 19, 2001
David Carrigg, Vancouver Courier
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January 24, 2001
CBC News
The Montreal police is trying out taser guns for a six-month period. The police force has three right now and more could be added if the trial period proves successful. So far, however, the taser has proven no match for our Canadian winters.
With two Montreal police officers on either side of him, officer Anthony Manolakos volunteers to show reporters how the Taser works.
The taser sends a 50,000 volt shock through the system which interrupts the electrical impulses the brain sends to the muscles, temporarily immobilizing the person.
Montreal police spokesperson André Durocher equates it to pepper spray, which is considered a medium-strength weapon.
"You have various levels that range from simple police presence to, at the other end of it, the firearm," Durocher says. "So it's in between. It's non-lethal force."
Durocher says the Taser will probably be used most during police operations involving the mentally ill, drunk or suicidal persons.
So far, it's been used only once: about three weeks ago, police used the taser to try to apprehend a man who had barricaded himself in his house for several hours.
Durocher admits the operation was not a success.
"It (had an) affect, but not as effectively as we'd wanted to, because the batteries were weakened. And we found out it was due to the batteries that had gotten cold," he says.
Durocher says the police department has since spoken to the American manufacturers of the Taser and modifications have been made to the weapon.
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At the 2005 Arizona Press Club Awards, Mr. Anglen won first place in the Investigative reporting category. He was the recipient of the Don Bolles Award for his report entitled "Taser tied to 'independent' study that backs stun gun'. “As part of an extraordinarily thorough investigation of Taser International, Anglen uncovered ‘smoking gun’ documents that showed the manufacturer was heavily involved in the key study that purported the devices are safe. Anglen also uncovered conflicts of interest and documented wide-spread problems with Taser safety — a matter of national and international public interest.”
In 2006, Mr. Anglen was a runner up for the Arizona Press Club's Virg Hill Journalist of the Year award. Peter Bhatia of The Oregonian wrote “Robert Anglen is an investigative reporter, pure and simple. Clearly, he is a reporter who, once he sinks his teeth into something, stays with it until the story is done. His ongoing work around the company that makes Tasers speaks to that."
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