TPD Foundation: Do Tase Me, Bro.

By Gregory Smith

The TPD Foundation doesn’t want cops shooting crooks, instead they prefer to tase them.

TULSA, Oklahoma –

As the public continues to question law enforcement’s use of force, one non-profit is handing out Tasers instead of guns.

Their hope is that is provides a safe shock to how police enforce public safety.

You might think all officers have Tasers, but that’s not the case.

Tasers are expensive, and not all officers have one. Right now, only about 100 out of 750 Tulsa police officers have them and about one-in-four Tulsa police patrol officers have Tasers.

The officer that crossed paths with a naked man on the Tisdale Expressway got his Taser the day before the incident.

Police weren’t sure if the naked burglary suspect was on drugs, or mentally ill; and because of the Taser, the officer was able to stop the man from hurting himself or someone else.

Tulsa Police Foundation President, Roger Chasteen was happy the officer had the Taser.

“He got back up and ran and he was able to tase him a second time because the new Tasers actually have two cartridges in each Taser,” he said.

Chasteen is leading the initiative to donate 400 …read more

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