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I believe that force escalation is left up to individual departments. Not every department has tasers. Before the tasering incident began, officer too close to subject, officers feet too close together, and parallel to each other, making him an easy target for a push back wards, or a kick to the legs, that knock both feet out from under him, both his hands behind his back putting flashlight away, while right in front of drunk, who knows they are going to jail, drop flashlight, and drunk might look at it, and create opening, moves very slowly to use "soft hands" approach, gets pushed all the way off camera, into possible traffic, does not use feet during physical encounter with individual, should have disengaged quickly, after realising training and abilities were not adequate to subdue subject, possibility of drunk grabbing equipment and getting mad increases with time spent wrestling, and then tased him, and jumped on him, and cuffed him. Solution, department pays for effective training for officers, gets officers membership, at health club, to increase strength, or buys equipment, a very effective strength system can be bought for under $4,000, how much does a gadget belt cost? A hook to the hip, or short ribs, a poke to the solar plexus probably would have given a quicker officer the time needed to cuff this guy quite effectively. I guess cleaning a vehicle, or shining boots, or some other thing is more important, than getting officers home, what happens when the taser malfunctions?
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