Kate Barker: 51. 9:14 The majority of the officers have this stab vest and the usual handcuffs, parva spray and your baton, but I’ve done taser training, so I carry this around. (9.25) Each one is a different level of force, the parva spray is what we call a primary skill, which means its quite low because it doesn’t do any damage to the person, the effects only last 20 minutes whereas the taser is very painful so it is more of lethal option, same as a baton, If I hit someone with a baton it can do some harm. (1015). (1023) Most of the time you use your communication skills, if somebody is quite angry
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