Marlborough Police Issued Tasers
Tasers have hit the streets of Marlborough in the hands of police officers.
Tasers have joined the arsenal available to Marlborough police officers, giving an additional non-lethal measure that may reduce officer injury. “Officers do not have to go hands-on with people who may be combative or assaultive and that would reduce injuries," said Police Chief Mark Leonard of the benefits of the Tasers. “Departments that have tasers; the officer injuries due to that type of event goes down." The department has 10 Tasers that it put on the street a few weeks ago, he said. The process has been a long one — with the Tasers being purchased last year but training being required for every officer that will use one and policies needing to be approved. “We were going through this process for a while," said Chief Leonard. “We …
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