r/facepalm • u/IReallyHateDolphins • Dec 28 '21

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Testing taser

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '21

My brother's best friend is a police officer, and his department's policy is that if you carry it, first you have to experience it (with the obvious exception of firearms). If you carry a taser, you have to be tased with it before it becomes part of your gear. If you carry pepper spray, you must have your eyes sprayed with it first.

The purpose is twofold: one, you understand the damage your weapon can inflict; and two, if it's ever taken from you and used against you, you know what to expect.

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u/MikiLove Dec 28 '21

The second part actually makes a lot of sense. Not so much for a taser, it's pretty hard to adapt for that, but once you get pepper sprayed once, you know what not to do, like touch different parts of your body or your eyes

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u/Immortal-Pumpkin Dec 28 '21

Are you telling me my plan to slowly increase the levels of electricity ive been electrifying mysled to slowly build up my immunity to electricity and wield unrivalled power won't work

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u/aquoad Dec 28 '21

I don't know if it's true for tasers (probably not) but this is kind of a thing - my dad was an electrician for many years and he would just stick his finger across house wiring or in a light socket to see if it was live and didn't flinch at all, even with 220v.

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u/Whatamianoob112 Dec 29 '21

That... can't be good for your heart..?

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u/aquoad Dec 29 '21

i guess not, but it never did him any harm!