Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Tue, 28 Jul 2026 08:01:53 +0200https://english.radio.cz/new-legislation-could-see-higher-number-police-equipped-stun-guns-8597728© 2026 Radio Prague International If passed, legislation currently being debated in Parliament could allow Czech police to be far more broadly equipped with electronic stun guns than at present. Currently weapons like the US-made Taser, are used by police but only by special unit officers. The aim is to help them deal with dangerous suspects without having to resort to firearms. But the use of electronic stun guns like the Taser has not been without controversy. The weapon has been named in a growing number of cases of suspicious death and as a result some medical specialists as well as human rights representatives have warned against the weapons’ broader implementation. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/4f5197446b1f6808606b2a0aab5e5a67.png?timestamp=1583150525 https://english.radio.cz/new-legislation-could-see-higher-number-police-equipped-stun-guns-8597728 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9