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Highway Patrol Interested in Buying Tasers
Stun Guns
BUTTE – The head of the Montana Highway Patrol says his agency is looking for a way to outfit troopers with stun guns.
Col. Mike Tooley says the patrol is seeking about $300,000 in grant money because there isn't money in the patrol's budget for such a purchase.
Most troopers are armed with a handgun, collapsible baton and mace or pepper spray.
Tooley believes Tasers would make things safer for troopers and the public because troopers can be alone in remote areas when they encounter a problem. It's difficult to use mace, because water may not be readily available to decontaminate a person.
Col. Mike Tooley says the patrol is seeking about $300,000 in grant money because there isn't money in the patrol's budget for such a purchase.
Tooley believes Tasers would make things safer for troopers and the public because troopers can be alone in remote areas when they encounter a problem. It's difficult to use mace, because water may not be readily available to decontaminate a person.
I agree coldsteel, this is just dumb. Lets blow some more money on worthless, uneeded garbage. Just a perfect example of everybody trying to get their slice of the stimulus package pie, I mean the money has to come from somewhere right? Why not toss the hi-po a couple hundred…
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