SANTA CLARA COUNTY sheriff deputies may soon be re-armed with Tasers from a controversial vendor after a decadeslong hiatus.
Sheriff Robert Jonsen plans to present options for arming deputies on the street and in county jail facilities with Tasers to the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors. Jail guards have been stripped of Tasers for decades after the 1989 death of Jeffery Leonti, who died after being restrained and tased while in custody, the Mercury News reported.
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