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Sammy Yatim: Innovation that could have saved his life

August 8, 2013

Toronto Star | August 8, 2013

Pub­lic dis­cus­sion of the police killing of Sam­my Yatim has now turned to ques­tions of polic­ing pol­i­cy. The hard­line reac­tion is that all front-line police offi­cers should have access to Tasers. A more enlight­ened approach is bet­ter train­ing for police offi­cers in ver­bal­ly de-esca­lat­ing cri­sis sit­u­a­tions involv­ing men­tal­ly ill and vio­lent sus­pects. Read more here…