I did, and I was disappointed by the dearth of research. When Mr. Smith came to Toronto, he agreed that a lot more research is needed. We don't know enough about the long-term physiological, neurological, or the other psychological effects of taser use, especially for persons with certain conditions.
We had asked our Toronto medical officer of health for a report when the board was in the process of discussing whether or not to approve taser use. That was his finding also.
We had talked about the idea of having, probably, a cross-disciplinary team that could monitor use of the taser, take the data, and create a database they could look at. The proposal did not get too far. But very recently I met the medical officer of health again, and he remains interested in participating in any such work.
There is some work being done, for example, at the trauma centre at Sunnybrook Hospital, which has developed good expertise in dealing with the use of tasers. There's some work being done there, but it's not yet enough and it's not reported publicly, so we don't know what their findings are.
That remains an area of concern to me and my board members.