RCMP halts use of older model Tasers after B.C. decision

An article posted June 1st on CBCNews.ca:

The RCMP is pulling all older model M-26 Tasers from service nationwide after the B.C. government announced Monday such weapons don't meet the manufacturer's specifications.

B.C. Solicitor General Rich Coleman ordered the province's RCMP service to pull all 578 of its older-model M-26 Tasers from service after testing showed the same models used by municipal police forces, sheriffs and corrections officers didn't meet the manufacturer's specifications 80 per cent of the time.

The province's decision prompted the Mounties to issue a statement from Ottawa saying the force is removing all its M-26 stun guns from active service "until each unit can be tested."

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Also see:

Nova Scotia RCMP pulls older Tasers out for testing

Mounties pull some Tasers

Photograph by Jim Slosiarek / The Gazette / Canadian Press.