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A8 - The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday August 7, 2002 Ron Kuzyk · Oakville Beaver Ron Kuzyk · Oakville Beaver Halton Regional Police Constable Barrie Hughes (above left), TRU team leader, shows how to aim the TASER gun, while (right above) Constable Troy Wideman demonstrates what it's like to get zapped with 50,000 volts of electricity. Police hope to arm TRU teams with TASER guns By Lisa Tallyn , S P E C IA L T O T H E B EA V ER Halton Regional Police Service's Tactical and Rescue Unit (TRU) mem bers may soon have another weapon to use if a request for TASER guns is approved in next year's budget. With the recent announcement by the provincial government that police are now authorized to use TASERs, Halton TRU members is hoping to get budget approval for six of them. The TASER Less-Lethal System uses a pulsating electrical current through two probes that overpower the body's normal electrical signals in the nervous system. They can subdue a suspect without permanent harm and are particularly effective with those who do not respond to pain. Halton Regional Police Acting Sgt. Chris Collins said TRU plans to include a request in the 2003 budget for the TASERs, one for each TRU mem ber on shift, at an approximate cost of $400 U.S. each. He said the TASERs are a high pri ority for the unit and he is optimistic the request will be approved. He said the guns, which will be used by Halton's 13 TRU members, had actually received approval in the 2002 budget, but since the go-ahead from the provincial government didn't come until recently, the money was used else where. Collins said Toronto Police Service was very impressed with the TASERs during a recent test. When a TASER was demonstrated on himself, Collins said "it was com plete immobilization." He added there was no pain and afterward he felt perfectly normal. "It's another tool in the tool box," said Collins. "Anything that will assist us in coming to a safe resolution where no one receives harm, is well received." Collins said the optimum distance for use of the TASER is 12 to 18 feet. He said studies show the safe dis tance for a police officer to be from a suspect armed with a knife is 30 feet, so in those situations they will continue to use weapons such as the Arwen 37 mm projectile, which shoots rubber bullets about half the size of a softball, to slow the suspect down and then if necessary, use the TASER. Two Tactical Team members from Halton Police are to receive training in TASER use next month and they are to train the other TRU members. Norway honours war veteran who never set foot on country (Continued from page A1) the Allies. Main duties were that of war transports, including the supply of food, ammunition and reinforcements to the J front lines, as well as evacuating the ' wounded. "I'm really proud of the Norwegians, I really am," said Yeo. Most of the vessels were employed in ordinary services transporting raw materials and finished products to America and Great Britain. (Although the main support was given in Europe, Norway also had a large part to play in the supply service for the army and navy units fighting against the Japanese.) When Soviet Russia came into the war, considerable shipments were sent to the Persian Gulf using Norwegian vessels, and when India was threatened by Japan it was the Norge ships that supplied munitions and goods for its defense. As an able seaman, Yeo performed a host of duties from taking watch and carrying out repairs on his first ship, which had everything from munitions in its hold to airplanes on its deck. "We carried anything," said Yeo, whose second vessel was a tanker, his third a general transport. "I'm proud to have been part of the war effort." Convoys Yeo served on formed in New York or Halifax and supplied England, France and elsewhere. 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