Taser International: Steve Tuttle

Taser Dept: Those most likely to get shocked by Tasers include the poor, mentally ill and chronic drug users, according to the study, led by Temitope Oriola, who received a Governor-General's Gold Medal for academic excellence upon the completion of his doctoral studies at the University of Alberta last year, according to Vancouver Sun. Steve Tuttle, a spokesman for Taser International in Arizona, said in a statement that the study reads more like a social commentary and falsely implies that Tasers caused all the deaths examined and the use of Tasers by Canada's police forces represents a "teething new urban terrorism" that targets society's "downtrodden," says a study published this month that looked at more than two dozen deaths involving the stun guns. "It is beneath the integrity of the RCMP - a well-respected organization by international standards - and other police establishments in Canada to continue to use the Taser with-out conclusive independent scientific evidence succinctly demonstrating its effects or consequences on the human body," the study, published in the journal Social Identities, concludes. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.