July 15, 2002
CBC News
Ontario's police forces will be allowed to use stun guns. The province's Public Safety Minister Bob Runciman says tests of the Taser guns by officers in Ottawa and Toronto show the weapons are effective. The guns use an electrical current delivered through two probes to overpower the body's electrical signals in the nervous system.
Police say they don't cause permanent damage.
In Ontario, only emergency tactical units will be using them. The guns were also tested in Victoria and have already been approved for use across British Columbia. The RCMP use them, too, as well as police forces in several American states.
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