The problem I have is we don't have any empirical data. I'm quite prepared to let the data lead me to a conclusion. It has been said that the use of the taser results in less injury to officers and to members of the public. I haven't seen the empirical data as to the number of instances prior to taser use, in terms of harm to the officer and the public, and after taser use. It's not there. It's said as a statement that everyone agrees with, and I believe even the representative from Taser International said that, logically, if I'm there and I don't make contact, if I taser you and you fall to the floor...I'm not hurt; you get up, you're not hurt, except for that momentary incapacitation, and everything is okay. But I don't know if it follows.
In CAPRA, the model the police have, an officer can consider the size of the individual, the skill set, the number of individuals, and the degree of violence, and that tells them whether they should use it. So a woman who could be overpowered by a much larger man clearly would have recourse to something like a taser.