[Link] Optimum distance to use a taser 3-4 metres, police shooting murder trial told

Read: 13/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

The murder trial of a police officer who shot and killed a woman armed with a knife has been told the best distance to deploy a taser is from 3 to 4 metres — around the same distance some witnesses put him at when he fired his gun.

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