Downward Trend

The Commission For Public Complaints Against The RCMP Dept: Actual deployment of the device dropped 14.2 per cent in 2010, continuing a downward trend since 2008. As well, deployment fell 26.4 per cent between 2009 and 2010, the watchdog agency found, according to CBC. The commission said the statistics reflect "a growing tendency to use the weapons as a means of deterrence or de-escalation, without the device being deployed." A report released today by the Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP has found a big drop in how often Mounties used Tasers. The report said RCMP officers were more likely to threaten to use the devices to cool down a situation. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.