Electric stun gun in security and public order services - ordinary or extraordinary measure of direct coercion? Cover Image

Paralizator elektryczny w służbach ochrony bezpieczeństwa i porządku publicznego – zwyczajny czy nadzwyczajny środek przymusu bezpośredniego?
Electric stun gun in security and public order services - ordinary or extraordinary measure of direct coercion?

Author(s): Martyna Kaczmarczyk
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Criminal Law
Published by: Stowarzyszenie Mage.pl
Keywords: Direct coercive measures; electric stun gun; freedom and personal inviolability; safety; public security and order services

Summary/Abstract: Protection of security and public order is one of the basic tasks of public authorities. To this specialized entities have been equipped with a catalog of legal possibilities of influencing constitutionally guaranteed freedoms of individuals, including direct coercive measures. Among these tools are objects designed to incapacitate people using electricity, commonly referred to as stun guns or tasers. The possibility of using them by authorized services raises numerous controversies and social concerns. The purpose of the article is to present the ambiguities and dangers of the current regulation of the use of electric stun guns and the presentation of de lege ferenda applications, over which further debate and legal changes are necessary in the matter of direct coercive measures.

  • Issue Year: 21/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 23-36
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish
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