Rest assured, one phrase you won't be hearing in Warren will be: "Don't Tase Me Bro."
The police department has decided to discontinue using stun guns, the Macomb Daily reported. The decision came after Taser International reported that the "general useful life" of the department's 152 guns had expired.
The paper reports:
Police Commissioner Jere Green cited multiple reasons for his decision to order all patrol officers, shift commanders and others on the street to turn in their Tasers. Warren’s top-ranking police administrator emphasized he will not risk officers’ safety if there’s potential for a delay when a Taser trigger is pulled; that use of Tasers failed to produce the desired results nearly a quarter of the time they were deployed; and that he doesn’t have the money in his budget to replace the aged models with new ones.
The phrase "Don't Tase Me Bro" became widely known after a University of Florida student shouted it out after he was tasered at a speaking engagement for Sen. John Kerry in 2007.
