"Steve Walter Tuttle" is a retired Canada/Canadian hockey Winger (ice hockey)/right wing who played for parts of three seasons (1988–1991) for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League, scoring a total of 28 goals in his career. He was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning, spending time with their International Hockey League (1945–2001)/International Hockey League affiliate, the Peoria Rivermen (IHL)/Peoria Rivermen. In 1993, without playing a single game for the Lightning, he was traded to the Quebec Nordiques, playing for their IHL affiliate, the Milwaukee Admirals. He retired after the 1997–98 NHL season/1997–98 season. He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Tuttle is most commonly remembered for being the player whose skate accidentally slashed the throat of Clint Malarchuk during a 1989 game against the Buffalo Sabres.

He was also a standout player at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, being named All-American his senior season. He is now an auditor in Seattle, WA.

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There are thousands of documented cases where Taser systems were successfully deployed by officers confronted with dangerous or deadly force situations by extremely violent, emotionally disturbed or suicidal subjects.

It will truly cause incapacitation.

There are some pepper sprays that don't mix well with Tasers.

The ACLU is correct in that good policies and training go hand-in-hand, but it is properly the responsibility of each agency to set their own policy based upon the totality of the circumstances, for any use of force, including Taser device employment.

If citizens take a look at an officer's duty belt, which includes firearms, batons, chemical sprays ... they will clearly see that Taser technology is a more humane and safer alternative for use-of-force options.

What we do know is that Taser technology saves lives every day and that medical experts studying Taser devices have concluded that they are a safer means to subdue violent individuals who could harm law enforcement officers, innocent citizens or themselves compared to other use of force options.

Or do citizens want to go back to the cave man days of using batons as clubs?

We've never lost a case, and we've never settled a case or do we ever have any intentions of settling a case.