Law enforcement officials must be equipped with tasers

Dear Editor,
There is a common trend in which our policemen and women are being targeted by unruly mobs in our streets. It is an increasing lawlessness that has gripped our society in recent times, where police officials are violently beaten and ridiculed in full view of a cheerleading crowd. In many instances, others either join in the violent assault, or gang-up on police officials, thus preventing them from carrying out their lawful duties.
Now, this is a worrying trend that must come to an abrupt end, but that end would come only when police officials are properly equipped with the necessary tools to curb this lawlessness. One of the ways in which that can be achieved is having police officials wear body cams to verify the assault; another is for them to carry tasers to subdue the unruly hooligans.
A taser allows a user to bring down an attacker before he gets the upper hand. A taser would restrain an offender, and give its user enough time to handcuff and arrest him. Cheerleading mobsters would be forced to retreat, take evasive action, and not get in the way of law enforcement officials who are doing their duty.
We must nip this lawlessness in the bud, put a tight lid on this sordid situation before it escalates.

Respectfully,
Neil Adams