I think the staff superintendent mentioned earlier that how people interpret “assaultive” may differ from place to place. We have a very fairly restrictive definition of what constitutes assaultive. We have had some discussions during coroners' inquests about the difference between assaultive and combative. In our mind, assaultive is more extreme than combative. Some people have said that tasers should be used if the only other alternative is drawing the firearm.
On February 27th, 2008. See this statement in context.