NYPD's ESU Team Gets Makeover After Taser Death

After an emotionally disturbed man fell to his death after being Tasered by the police, the NYPD's entire Emergency Service Unit will "undergo retraining" on using the stun gun. The NYPD admitted the fatal incident seemed to violate department rules, since the police didn't try to break the fall of Inman Morales who was on a building ledge (ESU did call for an airbag, but it hadn't arrived yet). A new commanding officer--Deputy Chief James Molloy--is taking over ESU (a deputy inspector had been the acting head). Additionally, the NYPD may create a database so they'll know if they've responded to a previous incident with an emotional disturbed person at that address; each day, the police respond to almost 200 EDP calls.

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By Jen Chung in News on September 28, 2008 1:57 PM

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The Truther

Tasers Kill!!!! We have to get them out of the hands of the Police. The COps use them frivolously. It is their first "go-to" option when dealing with people now.

megs

New York is an EDP kinda town...

Peter

With 200 EDP calls each day it might not be a bad idea to have a special unit just for these calls. Especially since they seem to account for a disproportionate share of the most controversial shootings.