They have been used twice since officers received training on them at the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year, and are only in use at middle and high schools.
In one case at a high school, the officer used a glove on a student for “noncompliance.”
In short, the purpose is to torture kids
I remember the claim that the introduction of tasers would mean police would be able to apprehend suspects instead of killing them. Turns out police carried on shooting suspects just as much as they ever did, and just started using the tasers to force compliance and enact summary corporal punishment rather than to defend themselves.
ACAB
As far as I know this has not happened in all countries where they are used. USA police, as always, are a special kind of terrible.
“cool, now we get to use 2 weapons on them instead of just 1. Thanks for the training!”