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The alternative to taser use is not necessarily physical altercation. If you didn't have a taser you might be inclined to get really good at negotiating with people. You might be less inclined to try to dominate a situation.
a taser is just one point along the use of force continuum. police are trained to always maintain a tactical advantage when confronting someone, but to only go as far along the continuum as is necessary. obviously they don't always do this correctly, and they are granted a lot of leeway when they mess up. it's unclear to me how removing a midpoint along the continuum would reduce instances of excessive force, unless…
No, remove everything beyond the taser too for the front line cop.
Your immediate reaction would surely be “that’s crazy”. Maybe. Maybe not. It’s not going to happen though so no point fretting the details.