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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [police oversight] Tasers Pose Risks to Heart, a Study
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<P><<A href="http://www.nytimes.com/">http://www.nytimes.com/</A>> <<A
href="http://www.nytimes.com/">http://www.nytimes.com/</A>> Description: The
New<BR>York Times <<A
href="http://www.nytimes.com/">http://www.nytimes.com/</A>> <BR><BR>April 30,
2012<BR><BR>Tasers Pose Risks to Heart, a Study Warns<BR><BR>By ERICA
GOODE<BR><<A
href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/g/erica_goode/in">http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/g/erica_goode/in</A><BR>dex.html?inline=nyt-per>
<BR><BR>The electrical shock<BR><<A
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delivered to the chest by a Taser<BR><<A
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can lead to cardiac arrest and sudden<BR>death, according to a new study,
although it is unknown how frequently such<BR>deaths occur. <BR><BR>The study,
which analyzed detailed records from the cases of eight people<BR>who went into
cardiac arrest after receiving shocks from a Taser X26 fired<BR>at a distance,
is likely to add to the debate about the safety of the<BR>weapons. Seven of the
people in the study died; one survived. <BR><BR>Advocacy groups like Amnesty
International have argued that Tasers, the most<BR>widely used of a class of
weapons known as electrical control devices, are<BR>potentially lethal and that
stricter rules should govern their use. <BR><BR>But proponents maintain that the
devices - which are used by more than<BR>16,700 law enforcement agencies in 107
countries, said Steve Tuttle, a<BR>spokesman for Taser - pose less risk to
civilians than firearms and are<BR>safer for police officers than physically
tackling a suspect. The results of<BR>studies of the devices' safety in humans
have been mixed. <BR><BR>Medical experts said on Monday that the new report,
published online<BR><<A
href="http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/early/2012/04/20/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.097">http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/early/2012/04/20/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.097</A><BR>584.abstract>
on Monday in the journal Circulation, makes clear that<BR>electrical shocks from
Tasers, which shoot barbs into the clothes and skin,<BR>can in some cases set
off irregular heart rhythms, leading to cardiac<BR>arrest. <BR><BR>"This is no
longer arguable," said Dr. Byron Lee, a cardiologist and<BR>director of the
electrophysiology laboratory at the University of<BR>California, San Francisco.
"This is a scientific fact. The national debate<BR>should now center on whether
the risk of sudden death with Tasers is low<BR>enough to warrant widespread use
by law enforcement." <BR><BR>The author of the study, Dr. Douglas P. Zipes, a
cardiologist and professor<BR>emeritus at Indiana University, has served as a
witness for plaintiffs in<BR>lawsuits against Taser - a fact that Mr. Tuttle
said tainted the findings.<BR>"Clearly, Dr. Zipes has a strong financial bias
based on his career as an<BR>expert witness," Mr. Tuttle said in an e-mail,
adding that a 2011 National<BR>Institute of Justice report concluded there was
no evidence that Tasers<BR>posed a significant risk of cardiac arrest "when
deployed reasonably." <BR><BR>However, Dr. Robert J. Myerburg, a professor of
medicine in cardiology at<BR>the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine,
said that Dr. Zipes's<BR>role in litigation also gave him extensive access to
data from medical<BR>records, police records and autopsy reports. The study, he
said, had<BR>persuaded him that in at least some of the eight cases, the Taser
shock was<BR>responsible for the cardiac arrests. <BR><BR>"I think when we put
together the preponderance of what we know about<BR>electrical shocks with his
observations, there's enough to say that the<BR>phenomenon occurs," he said. But
he added, "I suspect the incidence of these<BR>fatal events is going to be low
and can be minimized by the precautions." <BR><BR>Police officers, he said,
should take precautions when using the weapons and<BR>avoid multiple shocks,
prolonged shocks and shocks to the chest. <BR><BR>"I'd rather see Tasers out
there than bullets flying around," Dr. Myerburg<BR>said. "But if you have a
choice, if the circumstances allow you to avoid<BR>either, then physical
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