Electronic Controlled Weapons
Chief Scott’s Statement regarding Electronic Controlled Weapons (ECWs) for the San Francisco Police Department
SFPD Electronic Controlled Weapon Policy
DGO 5.02, Electronic Control Weapons dated 03/14/18 – approved for meet and confer
Appendix A, Electronic Control Weapons Review Board dated 03/14/18 – approved for meet and confer
CED policy draft dated 5/5/17
CED policy draft dated 08:25:17 (redline edited version)
CED policy draft dated 08:25:17 ("clean" version)
SFPD ECD draft policy dated 112217 (redline edited version)
SFPD ECD draft policy dated 112217 clean copy
SFPD draft ECD Review Board Appendix dated 112217
SFPD draft ECD Review Board Appendix dated 012318
ECD draft policy dated 012318 (clean copy)
Comparison Document for ECD Policy
Draft ECD Review Board Appendix dated 022218
Comparison document for ECD Review Board Appendix
Stakeholder comments regarding SFPD ECW draft policy and Appendix (ECW Review Board)
combined stakeholders comments on SFPD CED draft policy 050517
DPH comments on SFPD CED draft policy 050517
POA comments on SFPD CED draft policy 050517
DPA's October 5, 2017 Suggested Revisions to SFPD's CED Draft Policy Dated 082517
Eric Vanderpool's comments on ECD Appendix ECD Review Board
Coalition on Homelessness comments on ECD Appendix ECD Review Board
Department of Police Accountabilty comments on ECD Appendix ECD Review Board
Department of Public Health comments on ECD Appendix ECD Review Board
DPA Executive Summary regarding ECD Appendix ECD Review Board
ACLU comments on ECD Policy and ECD Review Board Appendix
Bar Association comments on ECD Policy and ECD Review Board Appendix
DPA comments on ECD Policy and ECD Review Board Appendix
Homelessness Coalition comments on ECD Policy and ECD Review Board Appendix
Human Rights Coalition comments on ECD Policy and ECD Review Board Appendix
Mental Health Association of SF comments on ECD Policy and ECD Review Board Appendix
Sample Policies
Albuquerque Police Department
Baltimore Police Department
Houston PD CED policy
International Association of Chiefs of Police Model Policy
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Memphis CED policy
Minneapolis Police Department
Oakland Police Department
Richmond PD CED policy
San Jose Police Department
UCSF ECD policy
San Francisco Sheriff's Department
Electronic Controlled Weapon Studies
Amnesty International Study
Bozeman Safety Injury Profile Report
Braidwood Commission on Conducted Energy Weapon Use
Braidwood Study Summary
CEW Use in Law Enforcement
NIJ study article
NIJ Taser Report
PERF Taser Injury Outcomes
US DOJ NIJ Findings from Expert Panel on Safety of Taser
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Study article
2015 Stanford Study
- State of Connecticut ECW Analysis & Findings, June 2016
- U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Projects – National Criminal Justice Research Service (NCJRS) Report “Study of Death Following Electro Muscular Disruption” (2011)
Report of the Maryland Attorney General's Task Force on Electronic Weapons
Other Documents Submitted to the Working Group
2016 Bar Association of San Francisco Report
May 5, 2017 Review of Evidence report
May 2017 articles about CEDs and deaths
May 18, 2017 review of CED process in SFPD from 2010
May 18, 2017 list of suggested articles and reports
May 25, 2017 SFPD’s CED comparison table
May 26, 2017 DPA’s list of suggested materials
June 1, 2017 Dr. Tseng’s PowerPoint presentation to CED working group
June 7, 2017 SFPD CED comparison table
- LAPD Use of Force 2016 yearend review
The Intercept article: A shot to the Heart
- Baltimore Sun article: Shocking Force
- LA Times article on effectiveness of Tasers
May 2017 Product Warnings
Response to articles submitted by BASF
June 12 email from Richmond PD Sgt. Joseph Vigil answering stakeholder questions
Blue Ribbon Panel_Letter of June 21 2017
Dr. Tseng's 062117 presentation to the Commission
John Burton's 062117 presentation to the Commission
Matt Master's 062117 presentation to the Commission
July 3, 2017 email from Richmond PD Sgt. Joesph Vigil answering stakeholder questions
July 5, 2017 Mike Brave's responses to Commission's follow-up questions
August 8, 2017 Mike Brave's response to Commissions' follow-up questions
August 21, 2017 SFPD CED comparison table
- "Serious Injuries From Tasers are Extremely Rare"
- Taser® Conducted Energy Weapons: Physiology, Pathology and Law (Article by James E. Brewer and Mark W. Kroll, M.D.
- “A Profile of Injuries Sustained by Law Enforcement Officers: A Critical Review”
- Taser dart-to-heart distance that causes ventricular fibrillation in pigs (Read final sentence in Abstract)
- “Can TASER Electronic Control Devices Cause Cardiac Arrest?”
- Journal of Emergency Medical Services – Article ‘Excited Delirium Strikes Without Warning”
- Report of the American Medical Association Council on Science and Public Health on Use of Tasers ® by Law Enforcement Agencies
- American College of Emergency Physicians – Periodical, Annals of Emergency Medicine – Article “Physiological Effects of Conducted Electrical Weapons on Humans”
- Excited Delirium Syndrome: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment (on the website is a linked YouTube video discussing ED which is very interesting – https://youtu.be/k8eyWHf1y50
- Great generalized PowerPoint presentation out of Montgomery County in Maryland, discussing Excited Delirium response by EMS and Law Enforcement members. As mentioned in my document, whenever possible, officers should pre-stage and approach a subject suffering from ED together. However, that isn’t always possible, so to the extent it isn’t officers should have the authority to seize the person for subsequent on-sight evaluation by en-route medical personnel.
- White Paper Report on Excited Delirium Syndrome (ACEP Excited Delirium Task Force)
- Blue Line (Canadian National Law Enforcement Magazine) March, 2012 issue “Excited Delirium Syndrome: New Study on ExDS Shows Police Can Train For This”
- American College of Emergency Physicians - Report “Cardiovascular Risk and the TASER: A Review of the Recent Literature”
- “The Impact of TASERS on Police Use-of-Force Decisions: Findings from a Randomized Field-Training Experiment (Abstract)
- Special Report: As Taser warns of more risks, cities bear a burden in court
- Special Report: A 911 plea for help, a Taser shot and the toll of stun guns
- Breathe, Ronald, Breathe:’ The court case curbing Taser use
- Special Report: How Taser inserts itself into investigations involving its weapons
- U.S. police, cities have faced at least 435 wrongful death suits involving Tasers
- Taser by the numbers: An overview of lawsuits involving Tasers and key company data
- How Reuters tracked fatalities and Taser incidents
- Taser forges network of scientists, ties with police to defend stun gun
- Taser’s defense tactics include lawsuits against coroners and experts
- Across the U.S., high-profile deaths lead to stun-gun case settlements
2017 Bar Association of San Francisco Report
2017 Coalition on Homelessness letter regarding CEDs
Officer Oerlemans’ responses to stakeholder questions
Follow-up questions from stakeholders to Mike Leonesio
Mike Leonesio's responses to CED Stakeholder questions October 16, 2017
Mike Leonesio's responses to Mr. Brave's responses to stakeholder questions
SFPD Responses to Leonesio’s Answers to Stakeholder Follow-up Questions
SFPD Responses HRC report
Letters and Emails from Community Members and Organizations Regarding ECWs
Letters and Email from Community Members and Organizations Regarding CEDs through September 28, 2017
Letters and Emails from Community Members and Organizations Regarding CEDs September 29, 2017 through October 11, 2017
Letters and Emails from Community Members and Organizations Regarding CEDs October 12, 2017 through October 30, 2017
Letters From Community Members and Organizations Regarding CEDs October 31, 2017 through November 3, 2017
Letters from Community Members and Organizations Regarding CEDs November 4, 2017 through December 5, 2017
Community Input Sessions
Notes from Human Rights Commission regarding 091217 and 091917 Community Input Sessions
Public Comments from September 12 2017 Community Input Meeting
ECW Meeting Minutes
Minutes from 042117 CED stakeholder meeting
Minutes from 050517 CED stakeholder meeting
Minutes from 052217 CED stakeholder meeting
Minutes from 060117 CED stakeholder meeting
Minutes from 061317 CED stakeholder meeting
Minutes from 071717 CED stakeholder meeting
Minutes from 100217 CED stakeholder meeting
Minutes from 112817 ECD stakeholder meeting
Minutes from 012418 ECD stakeholder meeting