Chron Corrections
Yesterday we commented on the Chronicle's editorial expressing concern about Tasers. The editorial also said there are no guidelines in place on how Tasers are to be used.
Today, a little something appeared in Corrections:
A memo by Houston Police Department Chief Harold Hurtt, circulated Jan. 19, warned officers to use Tasers only on combative suspects who posed a danger to officers and citizens. Nonviolent suspects fleeing or passively resisting arrest are not to be Tasered. HPD Lt. Robert Manzo said academy training materials discourage officers from using a Taser on children, the elderly, the disabled or the mentally ill, except in the most extraordinary circumstances. An editorial on Page B10 of Thursday's City & State section urging HPD to develop detailed, written guidelines didn't mention the existence of the memos.
Also, I noted a couple of days ago that a Chronicle editorial contained a couple of misspelled names. Those have been corrected; and in that stealth way we love so well, no hint of the fixes appeared in Corrections. There is a precedent for a misspelled name being mentioned in Corrections, because Drayton McLane merited it once.
Posted by Anne Linehan @ 02/25/05 06:05 PM | Houston Chronicle | Print | Comments (2)
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