Police Use Taser to Catch Rapist
Tasers are being used by law enforcement as well as private citizens instead of guns these days. They aren’t used by everyone, but citizens and police have seen how much safer tasers are in subduing an intruder or attacker than using a gun with bullets in it. Guns can all too often be fatal, or at least lead to serious injuries, whereas, tasers are rarely fatal and usually don’t lead to injuries, but they are extremely effective.
The following is a story from the Sun Sentinel in Broward County, Florida regarding the use of a taser to catch a dangerous suspect who was wanted by the police in other states.
DAVIE - Police used a Taser gun on a suspected rapist when he resisted arrest this morning, a police spokesman said.
The incident occurred about 10 a.m., at a gas station in the 3600 block of Davie Road, spokesman Lt. Wayne Boulier said.
Police officers, working with the FBI, received word that suspect Carlos Colon, 37 — wanted on a sexual battery warrant in New York — was in the area.
Colon, of Davie, ran when they tried to arrest him, so they shot him with a Taser, Boulier said.
South Florida Crime & Safety Paramedics took Colon to a hospital to be examined, a routine procedure any time someone is shot with a stun gun, Boulier said.
Colon was to be taken to the county jail once he’s cleared.
Authorities in Syracuse, N.Y., issued the arrest warrant for multiple counts of sexual battery, Boulier said.
Had this taken place with a gun instead of a taser, one can imagine the injuries and other complications. Instead, the man was captured and taken into custody.
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