{"id":7328,"date":"2014-03-09T09:55:39","date_gmt":"2014-03-09T13:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=7328"},"modified":"2014-03-09T10:04:46","modified_gmt":"2014-03-09T14:04:46","slug":"taser-proof-clothing-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=7328","title":{"rendered":"TASER-proof Clothing Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"image\"<\/a>Hackaday.com<\/a> has webbed up a “TASER-proof”<\/a> clothing project.\u00a0 The suggested mod is to use carbon-fiber strips in garments to make them “100% taserproof.”\u00a0 By inserting iron-on CF tape strips between layers of cloth, the space-aged material will allegedly conduct electrical energy from a TASER or stun gun away from the clothing’s wearer and into the\u00a0 CF strips to be dispersed without result.\u00a0 Skin penetration by the probes is supposedly rendered ineffective as well.<\/p>\n

\"image\"<\/a> Gee, it is too bad that modern law enforcement officers do not train to transition to other less lethal options when their CEW’s are ineffective.\u00a0 Oh, wait a minute…\u00a0 We do!\u00a0 This geek-inspired Hackaday Internet invention is a great reminder for all sworn officers that when something is not working on a suspect, then we immediately transition to an alternative.\u00a0 There are many tools at our disposal.<\/p>\n

For example, my agency had a particular frequent flyer with generous amounts of body fat upon whom the TASER X-26 seemed to have a limited effect.\u00a0 But this guy hated<\/em> pepper spray.\u00a0 Here is a no-brainer.\u00a0 At the next confrontation, Pshhhhhh!\u00a0 Problem solved.<\/p>\n

Let’s go old school.\u00a0 Baton strikes, to a perpetrator’s approved areas, have worked for decades (really since man invented club) before rocket scientist Jack Cover harnessed conducted electricity to subdue suspects with minimal force and injury.\u00a0 Empty hand techniques such as palm heel strikes, knee strikes, joint locks, takedowns, and transporter moves are also at the ready.\u00a0 And there are dogs and beanbags.<\/p>\n

A suspect who is committing a crime while wearing protective equipment, whether a bulletproof vest or TASER-proof garment, should\/must expect police officers to escalate their response levels, so enter at your own risk.\u00a0 There are enhanced penalties for those who commit crimes wearing bulletproof vests and masks.\u00a0 This would be another area for legislative action.<\/p>\n

The mastermind who posted the “taserproofing” mod commented, “It’s strange why taser has such an imperfect design (I mean a real taser, not a stungun), from which so easy to defend …”\u00a0 I will admit that the TASER has not always worked for me, but it is a device that attempts to minimize injury to suspects and officers.\u00a0 In that area, it is effective more often than not.<\/p>\n

As long as we remain vigilant and train, then technological innovations designed to defeat our methods only serve to make us stronger, safer, and smarter as a profession.\u00a0 I say bring them on.<\/p>\n

Randall<\/p>\n

(photos Hackaday.com)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hackaday.com has webbed up a “TASER-proof” clothing project.\u00a0 The suggested mod is to use carbon-fiber strips in garments to make them “100% taserproof.”\u00a0 By inserting iron-on CF tape strips between layers of cloth, the space-aged material will allegedly conduct electrical energy from a TASER or stun gun away from the clothing’s wearer and into the\u00a0 CF strips to be dispersed without result.\u00a0 Skin penetration by the probes is supposedly rendered ineffective as well. Gee, it is too bad that modern law enforcement officers do not train to transition to other less lethal options when their CEW’s are ineffective.\u00a0 Oh, wait a minute…\u00a0 We do!\u00a0 This geek-inspired Hackaday Internet invention is … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,227,15,306],"tags":[828,507,310,273],"class_list":["post-7328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-officer-safety","category-tactics","category-taser","category-technology","tag-officer-safety","tag-police-taser","tag-police-technology","tag-taser-international"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p28xkp-1Uc","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7328"}],"version-history":[{"count":56,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7385,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7328\/revisions\/7385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}