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NYPD's ESU Team Gets Makeover After Taser Death
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Jen Chung
Published Sep 28, 2008
Modified Sep 28, 2008
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After an emotionally disturbed man fell to his death after being Tasered by the police, the NYPD's entire Emergency Service Unit will "undergo retraining" on using the stun gun. The NYPD admitted the fatal incident seemed to violate department rules, since the police didn't try to break the fall of Inman Morales who was on a building ledge (ESU did call for an airbag, but it hadn't arrived yet). A new commanding officer--Deputy Chief James Molloy--is taking over ESU (a deputy inspector had been the acting head). Additionally, the NYPD may create a database so they'll know if they've responded to a previous incident with an emotional disturbed person at that address; each day, the police respond to almost 200 EDP calls.
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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