And these are assessments that a police officer or law enforcement agent would have to make within seconds of arriving, or at least within a very short period of time. It would also depend on whether or not the person exhibiting excited delirium actually had a weapon or the potential of acquiring a weapon, in regard to all the circumstances.
I would like to go back to a couple of alternate methods of restraint, the last of course being the one we haven't talked about or that you didn't mention, the use of the metal baton or ASP, which most police officers are equipped with. To your knowledge, have there been any studies that reveal, when it is used, the numbers of injuries that would be sustained in its use? What would those injuries be, from the least to the greatest?