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Only on ABC 6: Local Community Votes 'Yes' to Arm Police Force with Tasers

John Eagan

     Imagine getting hit with 50,000 volts.
     A demonstration shown in this package should give you an idea of that experience.
     And now criminals in Somerset, Massachusetts won't have to imagine it anymore if they find themselves face to face with police there.
     On Monday night, voters unanimously (and we do mean unanimously) approved spending $41,000 to arm the town's 32 officers with them.
     Somerset Police Chief Joseph Ferreria started researching tasers as a way to not only protect his officers, but suspects as well.
     Last week, Brenda Brostek of Connecticut helped ABC 6 with a story on the growing popularity of taser parties.
     Wednesday, ABC 6 helped her donate a taser to the Somerset Police Department.
     ABC 6 reporter Jeremy Tung has the shocking details...

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