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The EPS has received several complaints against officers of excessive force with Tasers since it began using them in 1999.

Brian Fish, a 66-year-old family lawyer, was struck by a police Taser in 2006 when celebrations for the Edmonton Oilers reaching the Stanley Cup finals turned violent.

Fish went down to Whyte Avenue and started taking pictures with his digital camera because his son had called to say he thought the police were using too much force with the crowd.

When Fish refused the request of Edmonton police to stop taking photos, he was knocked to the ground and hit with a Taser twice on his back.

A police investigation found no wrongdoing by officers. Fish is now suing the EPS and the officers who fired the Taser.

He said it’s time the Edmonton police ***** down on officers who abuse the weapon. “There are some names that keep coming up again and again and again. And if you’ve got a bad apple in the barrel you have to get rid of it, because if you don’t it turns online prescription drugs without a prescription all of the other apples bad.”

Lawyer Tom Engel, who has filed Taser complaints against the EPS, said the weapons have become a substitute for good policing. He said every officer should watch the dramatic video from Vancouver as part of training.

“They’re all human beings and I think that would have a very significant impact on the officer,” he said.