30 police officers tackle man with machete

[Jordy]

The numbers were stupid, but the action taken was enough. There's no point tazering someone in this situation and suggesting they shoot him is stupid

Haha I must admit I disagree, if there's a scenario to use a Taser, this is one of them. Instead they seem to prefer using them against potential terrorists, gunmen and drunk idiots scrapping on nights out but anyway.

[GommeInc]

Haha I must admit I disagree, if there's a scenario to use a Taser, this is one of them. Instead they seem to prefer using them against potential terrorists, gunmen and drunk idiots scrapping on nights out but anyway.

He's brandishing a weapon he could throw at someone when he has a muscle spasm caused by the taser... I wouldn't want to be within 50 metres of the place

[Jordy]

He's brandishing a weapon he could throw at someone when he has a muscle spasm caused by the taser... I wouldn't want to be within 50 metres of the place

It'd certainly make for an interesting game. Dodge the machete as it's throw uncontrollably in a random direction.

[Richie]

I think it's amazing how certain country's can control situations like this without using guns. Fair play to the officers.

[Catzsy]

This is what we get with 'care in the community'. They managed the situation well, though.

[Accipiter]

Well if anyone ever wants to rob a bank, you know how to create a distraction that engages a whole ******* police force for you.

[JerseySafety]

ROFL. I thought our police were bad. At least they get on with it with 'minimal' effort, usually by tazering offenders.

This ain't minimal effort - imagine how many officers would of been disrupted by this, shoot him. Get it over & done with. What if he ran into the house and like took someone hostage; exactly. didn't think bout that.

[Arron]

I think the Police handled this situation well. No one was injured as a result, apart from one officer who sprayed CS in his own face (seen towards the end of the video). Also those were level 3 officers who aren't trained to use a Taser gun so that pretty much rules out the use of the Taser. Hats off to the Constables who tackled the man with the machete with limited resources.

[GommeInc]

ROFL. I thought our police were bad. At least they get on with it with 'minimal' effort, usually by tazering offenders.

This ain't minimal effort - imagine how many officers would of been disrupted by this, shoot him. Get it over & done with. What if he ran into the house and like took someone hostage; exactly. didn't think bout that.

Waste of a perfectly good bullet. The man wouldn't of gone into a house anyway, the people inside would have the brains to know not to open the front door which is surrounded by police and a man more interested in dancing with a wheelie bin (with the assistance of an officer). Shooting him = waste of a perfectly good bullet. Tazering = a game of dodge the machete.

It was minimal effort. If they injured him it would be a waste of resources to drag him kicking and screaming to a hospital to have him checked out for the after effects of tazering and any bullet holes a trigger happy imbesile put into him. The only bizarre thing about this scenario was the fact they had about 30 officers on the scene.

[Mathew]

Interesting. One part of me thinks all the Police would have to do is show a gun and he'd run a mile, although I do think they handled the situation rather well indeed.