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
