Always.
So how many people have been killed by a Taser? I along with thousands of other officers that have been tased suffered no ill effects. I think you need to read up on the actual causes of death before you make a statement that the Taser was the primary cause.
How many?
A couple hundreds around the world ... so far.
I agree maybe it wasnt always the Taser's fault it was sometimes the officer's fault when the suspect was tased multiple times by a couple of tasers.
Even if in a few cases the Taser was not the "primary" cause of the death im sure that being the secondary cause didnt change much for the person who got killed.
I read a couple of studies.One made by the canadian departement of justice.They studied a bunch of tasers used by the canadian police and some of them had a dangerous voltage, some had just a voltage too low to do anything to the suspect and some just didnt work.
That's why they call it a "less than lethal" weapon and not a "non lethal".
You have less chances of being killed but not zero chance.
I bet you have been tased ONCE by a working taser in a controlled environemnt.
Not tased mutliple times for a couple of minutes in a stressful situation.