{"id":23544,"date":"2012-10-23T17:02:34","date_gmt":"2012-10-24T00:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.57.196.122\/~gdatwofo\/theavtimes\/?p=23544"},"modified":"2012-10-23T19:56:19","modified_gmt":"2012-10-24T02:56:19","slug":"50k-donation-to-fund-tasers-for-lancaster-palmdale-stations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2012\/10\/23\/50k-donation-to-fund-tasers-for-lancaster-palmdale-stations\/","title":{"rendered":"$50K donation to fund Tasers for Lancaster, Palmdale Stations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Waste Management of Southern California presented a $50,000 donation to The Antelope Valley Sheriff\u2019s Boosters Tuesday, which will be used to purchase Tasers for the Lancaster and Palmdale Stations. (L to R) Palmdale Station Commander Bobby Denham; A.V. Sheriff’s Boosters President Marvin Crist; Waste Management Director Doug Corcoran; Lancaster Station Commander Bob Jonsen; Mayor R. Rex Parris.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LANCASTER – Lancaster has one of the busiest sheriff\u2019s stations in Los Angeles County, yet the station\u2019s use of force rates per 100 arrests are among the lowest, said Commander Bob Jonsen.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat tells us that our deputies are doing their jobs in an extremely professional way, without having to resort to force,\u201d Jonsen said.<\/p>\n

Lancaster sheriff\u2019s deputies will be able to maintain and improve on this trend, thanks to a large donation from Waste Management of Southern California.<\/p>\n

The community partner donated $50,000 to the Antelope Valley Sheriff\u2019s Boosters Tuesday, which will be used to purchase \u201cless lethal\u201d weapons for both Lancaster and Palmdale Sheriff\u2019s Stations.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou all keep us safe and the least we can do, we think, is try to do something to help you be safer when you\u2019re out there looking out for us,\u201d said Waste Management Director Doug Corcoran.<\/p>\n

The funds have been earmarked to purchase about 50 state-of-the-art Tasers, which will be distributed to deputies at both stations, officials said.<\/p>\n

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Deputy Miguel Ruiz compares the lighter more sophisticated Taser with the bulky Taser that deputies currently use.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe Taser is a very effective means of less lethal defense for officers,\u201d said Palmdale Station Commander Bobby Denham. \u201cOur research has proven that the use of Tasers limits the amount of injuries that both deputies and suspects incur during altercations, so they\u2019re very effective tools.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tasers were in short supply at the Lancaster and Palmdale Stations, and the Tasers deputies did have were old, outdated and unreliable, said Jonsen and Denham.<\/p>\n

The new Tasers will feature a laser sighting system and other improvements that will give deputies more accuracy and convenience in high risk situations, said deputy Miguel Ruiz added.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a lot more convenient as far as size, it\u2019s a lot more convenient as far as more cartridge storage, it\u2019s lighter, and it\u2019s a lot more user-friendly for the deputy,\u201d Ruiz said.<\/p>\n

The Lancaster Station currently has about 58 Tasers for more than 200 personnel, Jonsen said. Even with the new donation, there are still not enough Tasers to go around.<\/p>\n

Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris vowed to do something about it Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had no idea you guys did not have Tasers, which I guess I should have known,\u201d Parris said. \u201cWithin 90 days, every deputy that leaves this station is going to have a Taser with him. I\u2019ll just figure out a way to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis Valley should be very very comfortable knowing that we are given what we ask for,\u201d said Jonsen. \u201cAt times we just need to learn to ask for more.\u201d<\/p>\n

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LANCASTER – Lancaster has one of the busiest sheriff\u2019s stations in Los Angeles County, yet the station\u2019s use of force rates per 100 arrests are among the lowest, said Commander Bob Jonsen. \u201cThat tells us that our deputies are doing their jobs in an extremely professional way, without having to resort to force,\u201d Jonsen said. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":23545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23544"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}