Over recent years, quality of life has become a prime focus of
societies around the world. Countries avoid death and disease as much as
possible, and they do their best to protect their citizens from violence. Where
people exist, crime also exists. Because of that simple fact, there will always
be a need for law enforcement.
There are many non-lethal methods of crowd control and ways to
stop people who are not cooperating within the annals of reason. Items like PhaZZer and TASER Conductive
Energy Weapons (CEW), also known as Electro Shock Weapons and various pepper
sprays are some of the better-known methods. There are downsides to each
method, but they are still good alternatives to more traditional methods of enforcement
and if used responsibly will serve a greater good. For example, while PhaZZer
and TASER CEW’s have a relatively short range, they have proved to be far safer
than a firearm and the most effective in taking control of a perpetrator when
compare to all other methods. However,
it is best not to take a knife to a gun fight so against a person armed with a
ranged weapon, a person with a PhaZZer Taser would be at a disadvantage from a
distance.
PhaZZer is another alternative non-lethal weapons company. They
create products that are similar to Tasers but are far more versatile, cost
effective and efficient. The PhaZZer
battery system uses an Ion Lithium Rechargeable battery which last far longer
than the competitive brand TASER. Shot
for shot the PhaZZer battery system will out gun the TASER 15 to 1.
This equates into 3000, five second PhaZZer
deployments as compared to up to 200, 5 second deployments from the TASER
alternative; and approximately $800/weapon in battery savings alone. Additionally, the PhaZZer Ammunition not only
deploy from the PhaZZer Enforcer and PhaZZer Dragon model CEW’s but are also
Cross Compatible with the TASER brand X26E, X26P and M26 model CEWs. PhaZZer also offer several alternative ammunition
options, including Pepper Powder, Pepper Ball, Impact Rounds and Paint mark
balls which all deploy from the above weapon systems. Due to the many deaths that have been
associated with the TASER CEW’s in the past which may have been avoided with control
measure built into the weapon itself, PhaZZer under the direction of Steven
Abboud, developed a shut-down safety circuit in the PhaZZer Enforcer in order
to limit and at the same time bring a mental awareness to the user of the CEW
that the limit of the safe exposure has been met.
This impetus behind this safety shut down
technology was a safety study completed by the American Academy
