I posted an question last year about whether anyone had seen anything
about risk of these Electronic Disabling Weapons that were proposed for
Toronto Police Force.
 Today's (Jan.19) paper has an article that the Ontario coroner and
Government office have both endorsed ordering 539 of those shortly.   I
tried to pick up the www of the article, but each route I take to try cut
and paste it or pick up the www address to post 'here', goes into a Would
you like to Subscribe? (I already do 7 days a week), or their Copyright
protection rules.
   With some tinkering, if you're interested, you can see the article at
http://www.thestar.com  or http://www.thestar.com.ca  if first doesn't work
outside Canada.   Then at the site for articles search, either search on the
Author (today's paper too)  Betsy Powell  (she wrote several articles
today), *Or the article title is "Police armed for Taser struggle" .   The
'struggle'  they're referring to is the human rights groups, and presumably
some health groups, raising questions about whether these are Safe to use on
someone who might have a Heart Condition or other Health issues.   It fires
two remote probes up to 6.4 metres (20 feet) with wires attached to the
taser, using Nitrogen compressed gas.   Once the *2 probes strike the
'target', an electrical charge zaps between the 2 to incapacitate the
'crook'.

   I can't find anything in this article listing the Volts (it just says
"High voltage" -- their capitalization) or Amps that it delivers, but when I
saw this last year, my first thought was what would it do to someone having
a Heart Attack or Seizures, and (2nd) what effect would they have on e.g.
Pacemakers and VNS anti-seizure implants since those also use electrical
signals to operate properly.

  I'm waiting for a (local) phone in to see what a Dr. or ?? will have to
say about above, and let you know if I find anything, positive or not.
Current arguments here and on radio were 'it's safer than a firearm, since
Police would only hit one person at a time ( !! )    /G.