Owen Sound Police chief Tom Kaye has no fear about the use of Tasers to subdue subjects.
He heads up a National Taser Committee that is writing a best practices policy for the devices.
Kaye says no studies have ever shown Tasers to be a direct cause of a suspects death and he criticizes the CBC study that showed some Tasers gave out up to 50% higher voltage than they are designed to deliver.
Chief Kaye says the study did not follow the manufacturers guidelines and also involved models older than the Owen Sound force uses.
He says sometime in the new year, his committee will make several recommendations about independant testing, how long tasers should be kept in use and when they should be replaced.
The Owen Sound Force has 4 Tasers in use, 2 purchased in 2005 and 2 in 2007.
He says there is a protocol in place for when they should be used, and who is authorized to use them.
More than 20 people have died in Canada after being jolted with a Taser but many of the deaths have been attributed to a heightened state of distress.
