it is dr. tseng. he was here, but has published since then. >> welcome back. >> sorry we had to make you wait so long. >> thank you for waiting. >> good evening. thank you for the invitation. i see some familiar faces, and some new faces. i will present some new data since my presentation mostar. -- my presentation at last year. i wear three hats at the diversity. i am a researcher and a faculty member at the medical school as well. sorry, i am a math person. [inaudible] my focus today is to try to bring an objective view of the research in taser. i am focusing only on the pe er-reviewed studies. you will see a lot of studies come across your desk that have not been peer-reviewed. by way of disclosure and transparency, i have substantial research support from the national institute. i am an investigator for a cardiac death steady. i consulted for a commission in the government of canada up for their taser policy in 2008 and 2009. this is what we are talking about we're focused on the potential lethali

it is dr. tseng. he was here, but has published since then. >> welcome back. >> sorry we had to make you wait so long. >> thank you for waiting. >> good evening. thank you for the invitation. i see some familiar faces, and some new faces. i will present some new data since my presentation mostar. -- my presentation at last year. i wear three hats at the diversity. i am a researcher and a faculty member at the medical school as well. sorry, i am a math person. [inaudible] my focus today is to try to bring an objective view of the researc

. >> further questions for dr. tseng? thank you for donating their time. [applause] >> the next person i had was from the aclu. we have a lot of people from the public. i would like us to hear public comment. >> i am a criminal justice attorney. it sounds like many of you read the letter. thank you for during that period -- thank you ford during that period -- for doing that. tasers are not a simple alternative to fire arms. that has been discussed by many tonight. they can cause sudden death, a cardiac arrest. they do present a danger to the public, especially to address -- at risk groups. one of the reasons why we are greatly concerned, the police department has not conducted the study of other available options. this is something that needs to go forward. i appreciate the discussion to keep the resolution. we think this should be a part of the process going forward. we also believe that the stakeholder should be involved in that process. we believe mental health professionals should be consulted. it would be great to consult with them, such as the docto