Taser Meeting

by digby

I would hope that this “public meeting” will include some people who will testify to the fact that tasers are killing people. But it doesn’t appear that they are enlisting anyone but the manufacturers to weigh in on the “safety” of these devices.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Electroshock Weapons Measurement Methods and Issues Public
Meeting

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), United
States Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: NIST invites manufacturers of electroshock weapons that deploy skin penetrating barbs for operation to attend a public meeting. The purpose of the meeting is for manufacturers to present to NIST
nonproprietary information on their methods of measurement and test of the output of these weapons and associated lessons learned.

DATES: The public meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 21, 2009
from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held at NIST, 100 Bureau Drive,
Gaithersburg, MD. Information on accommodations, location, and travel
can be found at: http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/visitor/
visitor.htm. Please note admittance instructions under the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cindy Stanley at 301-975-2756 or by e-
mail at cindy.stanley@nist.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To support the development of rigorous
performance requirements for electroshock weapons, the Office of Law
Enforcement Standards (OLES) at NIST, is developing methods to measure
the current and high-voltage output of these weapons, to calibrate
these measurement methods, and to compute measurement uncertainties.
NIST is holding this public meeting to obtain individual input from
workshop participants on their non-proprietary efforts in these areas.
All visitors to the NIST site are required to pre-register to be
admitted. Anyone wishing to attend this meeting must register by close
of business Monday, October 19, 2009 in order to attend. Please submit
your name, time of arrival, e-mail address and phone number to Cindy
Stanley and she will provide you with instructions for admittance. Non-
U.S. citizens must also submit their country of citizenship, title,
employer/sponsor, and address. Cindy Stanley’s e-mail address is
cindy.stanley@nist.gov and phone number is 301-975-2756.

Dated: September 23, 2009.
Patrick Gallagher,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. E9-23461 Filed 9-28-09; 8:45 am]