The Tías City Council presented this Wednesday four new TASER 10 Electronic Control Devices (ECDs) that will become part of the Local Police's equipment with the aim of improving officers' response capacity in high-risk situations and reinforcing both citizen security and the protection of police personnel themselves.
The incorporation of these new units represents a significant technological evolution compared to the TASER X2 devices used until now. In fact, in the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands, only the General Corps of the Canary Islands Police currently has this technology, to which the Tías Local Police are added this Wednesday.
Manufactured by Axon, the new TASER 10s allow intervention against up to five simultaneous threats with a single device, significantly improving officers' operational capacity in complex situations.
Furthermore, the effective range increases from approximately four meters for previous models to fifteen meters offered by the new devices, providing a greater safety distance during interventions.
The TASER 10s also incorporate a body camera that records police actions during service. All use of the device is regulated by computer systems that store and record data from each intervention, information that can later be incorporated into corresponding procedures and instructions.
The mayor of Tías, José Juan Cruz Saavedra, highlighted during the presentation that "the safety of our residents and our officers is a priority for this government group. With the incorporation of these four electronic control devices, we take a step forward in modernizing our Local Police, equipping them with more effective, safe, and guaranteeing tools.
"We are committed to the training, technology, and necessary resources so that our officers can act with the utmost professionalism and with all legal guarantees," he added.
The implementation of the new devices will be accompanied by a specific training program aimed at authorized operators. The Local Police of Tías has among its ranks an armament instructor agent, also a teacher at the Canarian Security Academy and with specialized training given in Madrid, who will be in charge of training the future operators of electronic control devices for the force.
As explained by this instructor agent, TASER 10s act through a discontinuous electrical current that causes temporary neuromuscular incapacitation of the individual who represents a threat, facilitating their control and neutralization by the agents.
This system allows for effective intervention even with people of large physical build or considerable weight, minimizing the risk of injury for both the subject and the acting police officers. Likewise, these devices have been designed to avoid risks associated with cardiac pathologies, constituting a less harmful alternative to other coercive means.
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