we also speak to barbara attard, who is a police accountability consultant. she weighs in on the recent san francisco police commission's decision to add tasers to the department. before we get started with the program, let's check in and see what celebrities are tweeting about australia's decision,

i'm barbara attard. i'm past president of the over sight association of law enforcement, and i'm also speaking on behalf of the lawyer's guild this evening. i'm also a second generation resident, and my grand kids are fourth generation residents. i'm here again concerned that we're talking about purchasing tazers for san francisco police department. san francisco has had the tenacity and insight to fend off tazers. this is the fifth time in how many years? i'm also concerned that statements we heard earlier that tazers reduce officer injuries and injuries to members of the public, because the studies that are being cites are studies that have been on the tazer x-26. what we're looking at purchasing is a tazer x-2. there are not theed studies on that weapon. in the letter that i wrote you, i talked about issues that have come up in houston regarding that weapon. officer was injured, three people were shot after tazer failures. i'm also concerned about the process tonight, after an overreaction to a speake