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Originally Posted by evildick
I'd rather take a clubbing over a taser any day. I'd rather have some bruised or broken ribs rather than to have my heart stop.
I kind of agree with what the other person said about increasing the physical requirements. Around here it is common to see women officers that are 5'2".
There should be a strict physical limit for a job like this, same goes for fire fighters. How is a 105 lb woman going to drag someone out of a burning building, just as an example.
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Taser vs club could probably be debated forever. I thought the taser was originally introduced because the club was seen as too brutal and didn't necessarily subdue the individual quickly enough unless pummeled to death or near death.
I could be wrong, but I think the physical requirements to be a police officer used to greater, but were reduced to allow more people entry into service. I think fire fighters still have strict physical requirements. At least where I'm from, I know a guy that applied to become a firefighter and he had to carry the weight of an average person up several flights of stairs etc.