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A dialogue has flared up with a view to equip the Federal Minister of the Interior Alexander Dobrindt (CDU) to equip the federal police with Tasern.

Lower Saxony’s Interior Minister Daniela Behrens (SPD)

expressed doubts about “whether the use of other devices like Taser really makes sense”. The newspapers of the Funke Mediengruppe mentioned: “Especially in high stressful situations, the selection of the appropriate tool could lead to a significant increase in complexity in use.”

Dobrindt had beforehand acknowledged that “the use of teasers with our police is absolutely necessary”. He mentioned to the newspapers of the Funke media group that he would be sure that the authorized framework for the gear of the officers with electrical shock units will likely be “set up this year”. He described using Tasern as a “suitable means of reacting to the increased threat to the police in public space”. The taser additionally served to make sure that the officers might higher defend themselves in the event that they have been attacked with stab weapons corresponding to knives. “The Taser is the right operating device to act as a long -term weapon and the pistol as a long -distance weapon at the interface between the trimming stick,” mentioned Dobrindt.

“There are numerous documented deaths after Taser inserts, even with unarmed or confused people. The alleged success rate is terrifyingly low in practice,” mentioned, alternatively Clara Bünger, the home spokeswoman for the left parliamentary groupthe “Rheinische Post”. The plans are due to this fact unsuitable and harmful. “This is not a measure for de -escalation, but another step towards upgrading the police.”

Most lately, after the deadly pictures in a police operation in Oldenburg, the German Police Union (DPolG) in Lower Saxony had additionally confirmed their demand for using Tasern. A policeman had shot a minimum of 4 occasions on a 21-year-old on Easter Sunday night time. According to the police, the younger man had beforehand sprayed irritant fuel in entrance of a discotheque and barely injured a number of individuals.