9. REPORTING PROTOCOLS AND REVIEW                                  
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Why report                                  
Transparency can be vital. Reporting addresses media criticism, educates the community, and provides feedback of success. Most criticism is based on             √                    
misinformation. Reporting provides the public, risk management, and media with information about department successes supported by actual field results;
without this information departments can foment criticism. Reporting also provides measurable success.
It is advantageous for each department to track the impact of CEW devices on its officers and suspect injury rates, as well as any changes that occur with the use √ √     √ √         √     √ √   √
of other force options and citizen complaints.  This information can be used to evaluate plans for continued or expanded deployment of CEWs and to respond
to claims of CEW abuse. (TI v. 13, v.14)
Reporting protocol                                  
A written report is submitted after use as a force presence or implied force, for pain compliance, and when the CEW use causes motor dysfunction.       √     √   √ √     √     √  
Generally, an incident report needs to be filled out when the officer engages in any use of the CEW that changes the subject's behaviour.       √           √           √  
It is necessary to report implied force uses of CEWs. Implied force uses of CEWs include sparking and aiming laser dot on subject. Implied force does not include             √   √                
push-stun or probe deployment, which are considered actual force uses.
Following CEW use, a use-of-force report will be submitted for the force options section.                       √          
The use-of-force report gives the CEW coordinator a summary of the circumstances for the use and the mode in which it was used.                       √          
Other accountability tools                                  
AFID (anti-felon identification):  Every time an air cartridge is fired, it disperses
20-30 identification tags called AFIDs.  These tags are printed with the serial number		 √ √ √   √ √         √   √ √ √   √
of the cartridge and can be used to determine who fired the cartridge. These were originally created for civilian sales of TASER conducted energy weapons to deter
criminal use.  As an offshoot of this technology, officers should be aware this system is an additional method of departmental accountability to trace users who
are not following department policy and are using the CEW inappropriately; to prevent abuse; and to protect officers from unfounded allegations through solid documentation of usage. (TI v.12, v.13, v.14)
The AFID tags do not need to be collected as evidence.  They are primarily for civilian-use tracking in the United States.                         √        
AFID tags are not generally collected but may be useful for crime scene investigation.       √           √           √