So the next choices are pepper spray, the ASP baton--because most police officers carry that, or a big stick, something hard--the taser again, and/or the gun. With the ASP baton the proper usage is to incapacitate the person or to cause so much pain that it's pain compliance, very much like the taser. Basically you beat them until you get the kind of response you want, or you hit them once and hopefully don't have to hit them again.
On April 28th, 2008. See this statement in context.