Public Safety committee  We have the statistics. I believe it varies between 1,000, 1,200 and 1,300 times per year until now.

Public Safety committee  The evaluation started in 2001 and the taser was approved for use in the field in 2002.

Public Safety committee  In Canada?

Public Safety committee  I don't know, I don't have a list.

Public Safety committee  Only in the United States...

Public Safety committee  Yes, it did.

Public Safety committee  I think that there was one or two in 2002-2003.

Public Safety committee  For every death occurring in the process of an arrest, whether a conductive energy weapon was used or not, autopsies, and coroners' medical reports, have demonstrated that the cause of death was linked to an overdose. No report has found that the conductive energy weapon was dire

Public Safety committee  No, not at all. When police officers appear at the scene of a crime, they must assess the risk. They respond, based on this assessment, with the tools at their disposal. And they don't always use conductive energy weapons. Sometimes they use self-defence techniques, and sometimes

Public Safety committee  I would like to add something. We have the report from the Canadian Police Research Centre. When you have to deal with someone who is in a state of agitated delirium, you know that you're dealing with a medical emergency. You also know that if you can minimize the time it takes t

Public Safety committee  The RCMP carried out a study in 2001. I'm not aware of studies that other police forces or organizations may or may not have carried out. I know that there have been studies, but I can't give you an exact figure. There have been hundreds of studies. The conductive energy weapon i

Public Safety committee  It found that the weapon was very safe and that it could be used on members of the public and members of the RCMP.

Public Safety committee  Yes, we do. Nowadays, reports are written up. Every time an officer uses a CEW, he or she must report the incident and all the details associated with the use of the device. For example, even if the weapon is simply drawn and aimed at the ground, whether it's been activated or no

Public Safety committee  As I said, we've been working a lot harder for about the last two years on gathering statistics. Our statistics only focus on the RCMP. What we're trying to get is the whole breadth of Canadian statistics, from every police force throughout Canada, in order to better assist the u

Public Safety committee  Could you repeat the question, please?