What Being Tased REALLY Feels like | Retired Police Interceptor

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[@BenPearson1965]

Thanks for watching guys! Do you have any questions or topics you’d like to hear me discuss? Comment them below! 👮🏻‍♂️🚔

[@Mikey_13]

Can you cover the backlash on police … in general

[@Mikey_13]

Can you also talk about police interrogators If you know anything about it Cos that’s what I want to do in the future and it would really help me I know traffic cop and a police detective isn’t really related but if you know anything about it can you pls cover it

[@Mikey_13]

Can you pls cover Stereotyping on Police and on offender And your views on that

[@Ganjagangster]

I hated police but came across the Chanel when it had 3 or 4 videos been watching since I look at police in different light now you help active police officers more then they help their selfs and it’s nice to see you opening up as a person on camera and you look happier in recent videos then you did when you started

[@formhubfar]

Hey Ben, may be a hot topic but would love to hear your thoughts on the wedge our government are driving between the police and citizens, for example the government using the police and justice system as a strong arm for private companies.., like the police and the courts imprisoning people for non payment of the BBC license fee, how the general public now see the police as nothing more than cash generators for the greedy elite, how more and more (Law's) are being created like licenses to have fireworks.., also one thing I would like to make a point of is how in the US this has become an obvious tactic to drive a wedge between police and citizens.., for example the US gov created (no knock raids) for police.., around the same time they created the (stand your ground) law.., meaning US citizens could legally shoot (and kill) the very police officers tasked with carrying out these (no knock raids).

[@MrWolfyWolfy]

“It’s like a gun that shoots electric. The End.” 😂

[@Solitude11-11]

‘I did feel bad for him…but do it again!’ 😂😂😂

[@Granny_Cat_Lady]

I love Ben's difficulty with the English language, it cracks me up every time - I can definitely relate 🤣😂🤣

[@acrossthepond4792]

Ben, you are brilliant. I've laughed so much at this video. The way you tell stories, I can see it all happening. Really entertaining.

[@sean-ci3tv]

Great books .I hope you do another one. My read books are now with my friend who has PTSD and she is so happy your are raising awakens of it ,the more aware the more it will be accepted and understood

[@dylansdad987]

Yet another entertaining video Ben. Always look forward to your vids and am never disappointed 👍🏻

[@atvseatexchange2176]

Good to see you having fun, very important. Be well.

[@jackhorton1891]

I could listen to your stories all day mate

[@indigo_enigma]

Tasers should be standard issue for ALL coppers on day 1. Too many times I've seen the classic madman with a knife. You're cornered, spray does fook all. You could try baton, but now you're in slashing distance. Backup will be too late. Taser is 99.9% guaranteed to resolve the situation. Makes sense.

[@glenmurray7699]

Taser is so hit and miss, in the middle of winter with big puffer coats it's likely to be ineffective. Some crims say they'd rather be tasered than sprayed, it's not the finished article at all.

[@indigo_enigma]

@@glenmurray7699 Yes absolutely. It's often the clothing that causes a failure. But like Ben mentioned, it can be used to directly stun. And then of course you can incorporate using other, more commonly exposed body parts as targets, arms & legs being the obvious. It's not a perfect system. There's probably no such thing. But it's an improvement.

[@brh9262]

When I was policing, we had tasers, but were asked individually whether we would carry them. I was on my probation so I couldn't have one at the time, but I would carry one I would never carry a gun though, not interested. I respect the guys that do and the responsibility they hold, but any incident I ever went to could be dealt with without the use of guns by me, even incidents involving knives The taser is often the no.1 tool and on the occasions I worked alongside armed response, it was for search warrants, to make use of their enhanced medical and negociation training; or for deterrence sake

[@helenHTID]

@@brh9262 But times have changed dramatically, And thousands of police are being assaulted.. Quite often really badly, And sometimes fatally.. With many single crewed. Plus the rise in gun and knife related insistences, Including terrorist threats, Where more than often the nearest cops are not armed units, And in general cops can walk into anything.. I really do think we need to change with the times and police need a service firearm! We are one of very few nations in the world that do not routinely arm our police (northern Ireland being an exception). You may not need to ever use it, Depending on what you face, But it's the ultimate deterrent and protection tool for police and the public. And regulation needs to be put in place, To allow the use of it when necessary. But this would involve spending money resources and creating paperwork, Something the government likes to avoid and so do police chiefs.

[@brh9262]

@@helenHTID you make some good points mate I left the police December 2020 and worked on a drug team, and one thing I found was this idea that if the police were routinely armed, criminals would match us, make no mistake, there are millions of guns on British streets and the only reason they're not as prevelant as they are in the US is because it's an expenditure criminals can't afford; where they don't need them. Police not having guns keeps criminal guns lower than they could be, and arming police sends the wrong message; police are meant to represent the public and use the community (not bullets) to deal with incidents Imo I like the way it is now, having dedicated firearms officers, the only thing I would change, is tasers for everyone; and that's purely for a non lethal injury free way of detaining someone that pain compliance won't work on

[@rudy6165]

Love the videos Ben you crack me up

[@danielmarshall4587]

Thank you for your honesty.

[@scottishcarenthusiastsandtrain]

Another excellent video Ben.

[@YorkshireD1]

Ben's catchphrase - "What you laughing at me for" 😂

[@tonystrange7224]

Points, laughs, in your face, 😆😆😆😆😆 brilliant

[@maxcullen3427]

Honest answers love Ben 👮🏻‍♂️

[@heidicash4772]

😂😂 Your vids always put a smile on my face Ben .Keep rhem coming 💪👍👍

[@sammyg6387]

I’ve been looking forward to this all day, you never disappoint us with this fabulous content……you still sound like muttely!🤣

[@TestGearJunkie.]

My other half says I laugh like Muttley 🤣

[@rickybojangles162]

I live in Northamptonshire and we're the first force to offer tasers to every frontline officer. I think it's great, makes me feel much safer and I think it probably helps bobby's feel a lot lot safer too. That level of protection

[@royjennison3916]

well done Ben , all ways a good watch

[@jeffhardyfan99467]

Love the content Ben. Just finished your first book on Audible. A fantastic listen! Any plans to release your second on there at all?

[@arnoldsherrill2585]

They recently had a incident in Arkansas where the state police were trying to pull over a individual on a motorcycle who was doing over a hundred miles an hour they were finally able to stop him , he got off the bike and begins to run the officer makes the choice to use his taser instead of his service weapon. Individual is wearing a backpack and when the taser probes hit the backpack it burst into Flame. Turns out the individual was transporting gasoline in a container inside the backpack and the discharge from the taser probes cause the container to ignite while he was running. They were able to put the Flames out and get him to medical care., as far as I'm concerned what he endured was a worse punishment much worse than what would have happened if he had just simply pulled over and taken the ticket. And it's not the cops fault in my opinion because they had no way of knowing what was in that container., and he also chose to run

[@imeach2897]

Absolutely hilarious from the start!! Yes, yes, in your face pmsl

[@James-hz5ef]

Saw you on ultimate police interceptors the other night 🙃😁

[@bikereddie]

Love the tongue in cheek comments.

[@Ryzati]

Love all your videos, I’ve watched every one have you ever thought about going on any podcasts? Something like Happy hour or Shaun Atwood?

[@sugma6723]

He’s done happy hour fella :) it’s on Spotify

[@gfletcher6183]

Ben "Tasers are not my bag baby" ... one hardback book by Ben "Tasers ARE my Bag....baby!" ;)

[@juliekirk7069]

This one made me laugh....another great one 1965!!!

[@JoeAyres]

Such a nice man

[@jannybroekman-vanheiningen85]

Hi Ben, our police don't have them yet. I wish they get them ,because there is to much violence against the police. Great video. You are a great storyteller with all those gestures and voices. I enjoyed it.

[@london5876]

What police force you with?

[@liamhgd581]

If u are in the UK then yes they do. It's the officers choice wether to carry them or not

[@Shriven89]

This isn't true, however, they are not common or standard issue. To carry one you have to pass an extra course, and then normally there will be a limited number of tasers per station

[@liamhgd581]

Witch means it's there choice to have them or not so yes if there in the u.k her local police station can have them if they want .......

[@Shriven89]

@@liamhgd581 not their choice if they're not authorised to carry them or they don't have enough of them though!

[@thomasjohnson3692]

Would love to see a video on the use of battons (I'm that the cops have them but I've never heard of a situation apart from riots where they have been used)

[@MattWilliams482]

Always makes me laugh when the police shout tazer, tazer, tazer 😂 imagine they shot you dead saying gun, gun, gun.

[@Vixter1945]

And can I just say that was a great start to the video 😂 absolute worldie 🙈

[@lurkster1974]

That was a half decent light sabre impression

[@Solitude11-11]

It really was, wasn’t it! Man of many talents 😄

[@jellooowith3os]

Do not get tasered. It fucking hurts. Say no more. Served me right. 👍🍺

[@charlottewhitaker5025]

I thought the lie about not wanting to be taser trained was going to be about not wanting to experience being tased 😂

[@deangolden4854]

Ben's been on the beers 😂

[@CN-kf1me]

Laughed and pointed? Very professional

[@anthonyjones5981]

If my memory serves me right, we had to change our CS for Capter or Pava. I assume due to the volatility of it with the then new Tasers

[@residentelect]

The propellant in CS is flammable, so they changed everyone to PAVA etc as there is less chance of the guy your scrapping with ending up doing his finest "Human Torch" impression if he's unlucky enough to be sprayed and zapped at the same time. Imagine filling out the Use of Force report 😳

[@johnrockett4988]

And pava makes eyes more stingy stingy it’s chilli not pepper ha

[@RandomPickles]

Very accurate description of CS Gas! That shit is horrible.

[@louiseimrie4592]

Another great video, love listening to you and hearing your experiences as an officer. It really opens our eyes to how your job affects you.

[@eugenegilleno9344]

I now have heart problems. My guess, if I was hit by a taser strike, I’d be a gonna. However, I’m not a criminal, so nothing to worry about....I hope ! 🥴

[@lupo10]

Yeah mate, like the Police would avoid giving you a kicking because you’re not a criminal. Try asking the miners how criminal they were when the police moved in.

[@stevencarsley1983]

That's shocking

[@KingGamer-vh7iz]

One question. I heard this before so if you are with 2 or more officers you use less lethal but if you are by ur self u use full lethal is that true?

[@kirstencon]

I have a question.. i worked in nhs on a ward for end of life a woman’s mother had hours to live and no one could get her she was heading for a plane ( her mother took turn for worst suddenly ) someone in the family rushed to her house got caught speeding and got let off as they told the officer what was going on. Do many police do this?

[@26TM079]

Put ya teeth in Ben 🤣🤣🤣💙💙💙

[@ae6905]

“They got dished out amongst ops”... Two very different meanings there 😂

[@qasimmir7117]

I remember when Mythbusters tested pepper spray to see if it was flammable with a taser. It really is.

[@Big.Wang.Zhang99]

Yes tasers hurt, I got tasered twice in Scotland its the worst pain I've ever felt wouldn't wish it on anybody.

[@mrpeterson1481]

I'd like to see a video on police dogs. Different dogs for different jobs. I think as bad as a taser is i imagine its probably better than having a German shepherd get hold of you.

[@gazza9463]

My sister has two of them. Quite the deterrent with those who want to cause trouble.

[@mrpeterson1481]

@@gazza9463 i have a Belgian malinois for the exact same reason

[@gazza9463]

@@mrpeterson1481 Beautiful dog. I believe they are very good at climbing/scaling up obstacles!

[@mrpeterson1481]

@@gazza9463 they are basically athletes. My question about police dogs would be how long is it before you can join how long is the training and do you get to pick your own dog or do you get allocated one.

[@residentelect]

@@mrpeterson1481 You can apply to the Dog Section after passing your two year probation as a regular Response/Beat Bobby. It's what we call a "Dead Man's Boot's" job as Dog Handler is so sought after that it's literally one person out through injury, retirement or promotion etc, then one in to replace him/her. Handlers very rarely leave that posting through choice. If successful at interview you do a "dog suitability course" to ensure you are the right type of person who should be in charge of 30-odd KGs of muscle and teeth, and then you do your actual "Handlers" course, using established PDs. When the time comes you're paired up with a probationary PD, usually a juvenile who still requires lots of training and attention, and you concentrate on a period of bonding with your new best mate and intensive training. At the end of the course if you've both passed you're allocated to a team/shift. You normally start with a General Purpose (GPD) Shepherd or Malinoid, and as you gain more experience you can then apply to also run with a SDD such as a Spaniel or Labrador which specialises in detection of anything from guns and explosives, to bodies and cash. Hope this helps, mate.

[@jcleary811]

"Tasers gettin dished out on the ops" bens on that gang vibe

[@beaddy101]

Hi Ben just a quick question. What is the long stalk with a button on top on the steering column in police cars. Thanks

[@residentelect]

It's the Press To Talk (PTT) button to allow the driver to send messages via the Airwave radio. It's mounted there or occasionally on the gearstick so that the driver's hands are never too far from the controls of the car. You're supposed to use it instead of the handset mounted on your body armour/belt, although it isn't strictly enforced.

[@TestGearJunkie.]

@@residentelect Yep. I have one in my car for the hands-free microphone on my amateur radio equipment. Wouldn't be without it.

[@obmf9050]

I’ve seen someone get shot by taser. He thought could take it. Dropped. One of the Funniest things I’ve seen

[@stechriswillgil3686]

Tasers ? Is that what Cpt Kirk used ?

[@loopylou6841]

Hi Ben, if a suspect has a heart condition but won't come quietly into custody what happens then? ,Can they still be tazed or does c&r become the go to?

[@ld5667]

Good question 👍

[@oneandonlyjaybee]

Depends on the risk to them and/or the officers. If it needs to be used then so be it, deal with concequences after. If they're threatening to kill themselves or pose and immediate life ending threat to anyone then just use it.

[@jamiekay133]

Everytime I have seen tazer being deployed, either in real life (granted it was just a red dot as he complied) or on TV (seen them used on interceptors and traffic cops) it's always been blokes being electrocuted! How often do Lasses tend to get tased compared to lads Ben?

[@dafydddinneen6657]

Really? I've seen quite a few women get tazed online...most were in the US though.

[@MrFoxxRaven]

I grew up in a 3rd world country where anyone could buy a taser, one day a customer (friend) came in to the office with one, I gave him his tea, turned around and got nailed in the back of the leg with it, my whole body just gave up. The feeling is inexplicable, you just lose all control of your limbs (and bowels) I was angry for 10 minutes but watching the cctv was absolutely hilarious. I would not recommend anyone willingly get tasered. Definitely not a toy

[@MTSmoment]

Shot a taser before they are pretty cool lol question though is how did you cope doing all your paperwork ?

[@Shriven89]

He was a traffic cop he would have done barely any paperwork compared to anyone in investigations

[@lupo10]

@@Shriven89 good job really, most meat head coppers can’t read.

[@tonynorman6642]

Have you ever been to a 'one under'

[@DaveVantage]

Do it again, do it again 😂😂😂😂

[@sugma6723]

The one dislike is someone who got tazed 😂

[@TheManLab7]

Most of the time (and I know from experience) it's always women that hit, punch, kick, stab, etc the bloke. Something I've noticed over the years is that a lot of women these days are ducking mental. I try my best to not tell anyone about this story. Even though it was a while ago, it's still very tender 😢 I could tell you a few stories about my ex's where they've been punching and hitting me n following me around the house to continue verbally and physical attacking me. SO. We n my mates went out for the night, I was the designated driver which was pretty much every single time I went out. We'd all have a really good night and as soon as we were ordered food, a switch must of flipped in her head. I had NO IDEA what was to become. She started to be really nasty towards me. I had to drop some of my mate's off and the car was deathly silent. But as soon as they got out, she was ripping into me and punching me whilst I'm driving. As it went on, it got worse and worse. When we got indoor, she REALLY starting to lash out at me. When we got into bed she started to kick me so I got out of bed and went into the next room so I could sleep. She followed me and continued to rip into me so I'd had enough by this point and I wanted to get out my house. So whilst I was getting dressed, she hid the keys and I was looking everywhere for them. I then realised where they were and she started attacking me. So I was trying to leave my house and she was pushing me so I couldn't get the key in. When I was just about to leave my house, she pushed me so hard I almost snapped the key in the lock. But when I finally got outside, she was still shouting and attacking me. I had to leaver her out of the way, just so I could get in my car. She went back indoors and started to thrown shoes n all sorts of stuff at me and my car. It was unbelievable and I was in complete shock as I NEVER even imagined she'd do something like that. I don't think I see her for a couple of days. She must of rang me a couple of 100 times at least! She also left countless voices mail's crying her eye's out say how sorry she. When I came home, I acted as if she wasn't there. I can't count how many times she wanted to give me a BJ or have sex, just to say I'm sorry. There's quite a few things she did that ended our relationship. But shagging a bloke from work and then denying it was the final straw. I love being in a relationship, but modern woman these days it really isn't worth it. The vast majority of western women these days are toxic. There are only a few traditional women these days that are loyal, trust worthy and who want to love n respect their bf/husband. Men love so much more and so much harder than a woman even could. That's all facts btw .

[@illuminatiCorgi]

👍👍👍

[@MTSmoment]

I may be wrong but I have heard that if you are really high on cocaine and get tasered you wont feel a thing because your so drugged up may be wrong though

[@gavinwyllie7855]

If you're really out your face on cocaine, your heart rate rockets so a taser can quite easily kill. It can lessen the effect though.

[@01cthompson]

We can now legally own Tasers with the proper license where I live in the US.

[@01cthompson]

@Ciaran Eley Yes. The government apparently realized it didn't make sense otherwise.

[@TestGearJunkie.]

And guns, and god knows what else. Glad I don't live there.

[@paulcollyer801]

En route to incident:- offender id’d as having WMs for regular knife carry & assault on Police. On arrival offender tries to run, Officer 1 taser trained pursues, officer 2 cowboy trained heads off at pass (lucky guess). Offender stops. Both officers yell to get on ground, offender refuses; Have a sparkling start to your stay in custody, have a bowl of nice-tickles:- Pop, Crackle, AwwwSNAP

[@coops1964]

06:24 Taser trained officers can pull the barbs out and no they don't pull out lots of flesh.

[@watp5599]

Ive got no love for the police. Ive been cs sprayed when i was 14 and i was that buckled i never remembered it had happened until i got a letter through the door advising me how to wash my clothes if id been pepper sprayed

[@northernninjarunner5506]

Mrs Miggins says I don’t want to get tasered #shocking

[@ajcressey3290]

Tell you what whack to the leg hurts

[@ciaranmartin3052]

Funny video when you were asked why u didn’t get on I though u would say something like “I liked using my fists”

[@alexforeman1540]

Do police officers have to be tased in training in order to be qualified?

[@gavinwyllie7855]

No,they don't.

[@mstevens113]

No, it's less lethal, very different than being guaranteed to be non lethal, can't go killing trainee's, even if it would be rare.

[@kimcutts6153]

Another great video Big Ben. I always look forward to seeing you. When I'm listening to you, it's like your telling it to just me, like I was your besty. I like that. What's your view on parents smacking their children when they've been naughty? I'm 57 years old a d I have 3 siblings. If we were naughty we'd get a smacked bum, and we turned out alright. Well, the other 3 turned out alright, I was the Blacksheep of the family. But were all polite and respect our elders and our parents. I've seen mums walking down the street with their daughter, and the daughter was calling her mum some horrible stuff, it was awful. And the mum just took it, didn't say anything. If said any of the shit that girl was saying to MY mam She would have smacked my bum red raw. And I would have deserved it. I have never (nor would I ever) raised my voice to my mam, or my dad, and i love them both to the moon and back. Anyway, I'd like your thoughts on that. As always, big respects, Big Ben 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@Mikey_13]

We love you be We do We love you be We do We love you ben… WE DO OOOOOOOO BEN WE LOVE YOU

[@amys2650]

Too bad you couldn’t still be a Tpack instructor just a “How to properly drive and pursue a car “ you would be amazing at it.

[@jonnyc2617]

Where's Mrs Biggins gone?

[@Smudgedoodle1978]

Criminal……comes at you with rage spell……you counter it with a lightning spell……you win……lol……dungeon n dragons one O one 👍😂

[@BipoIarbear]

They need em , they could catch owt from this lot they lock up

[@ogiego298]

That’s a wired looking nose piercing. Where did you get that from? Well basically…

[@RSCOZZY]

The dislike had obviously been tasered.

[@JRock3091]

A tazer is shit, I'm an armed guard in the US and refuse to carry one. They are completely useless in the winter or even when a suspect has on a heavy Hoodie.

[@formhubfar]

I worked for a farmer when I was a kid, I was whitewashing an outbuilding when I accidentally touched my elbow on an electric fence, I swear it felt someone had hit me on the shoulder with a baseball bat.

[@ttbko]

I think all of us who were around farms when we were younger, either accidentally or deliberately touched the electric fence... But only once 😵‍💫

[@formhubfar]

@@ttbko An unforgettable feeling mate, like your first murder.

[@gavinwyllie7855]

I climbed over a low level farmers fence when i was 12, and yes... my bollocks got a shock. I thoroughly don't recommend it.

[@formhubfar]

@@gavinwyllie7855 Somehow I imagine your voice to be like David Beckham lmao.

[@banksarenotyourfriends]

I preferred the pre-taser days where the police would just overwhelm dangerous people with huge numbers of officers with batons and shields, but I guess funding the emergency services properly isn't an option that the government is a fan of, so nowadays we prefer to have fewer police but with better weaponry instead! 😉 It's not an easy debate, but I'm not going to pretend I know the answer. Tasers over guns though, that I'm sure of - one of the smartest things about our police is that they're not in an arms race with criminals, like they are in so many other countries. I would hate to live somewhere where it was the norm for petty criminals to be armed.

[@a11csc]

tazer tazer tazer cs cs cs and throw edward woodward in there lol

[@samn6498]

Tasers are alot safer than the methods our US cousins use.

[@prodbybabygod7411]

He's clearly never been tased while on drugs or mad. It does nothing.

[@geezerp1982]

tazers should be made legal for protection for anyone who has a firearms permit ! if they can be trusted to own firearms then they can be trusted to have tazers for protection. check republic, poland , germany , austria allow allow tazer for any member of the public without a permit and they have less violent crime then the UK

[@lucythemoggy1970]

ben how is mrs miggins lol

[@liamhgd581]

Watch donut operator. They might be good but at the same time they are shit. Like if someone got a puffy jacket on the barbs might not penetrate the coat for example or one barbs hits and one missed

[@benrich9146]

No one wants to go to domestics!

[@craigwithey]

I know the real reason … is it not so that if a police officer is trained and carries a taser then that officer has been on the receiving end of said taser ? You just didn’t fancy 50KV through your pecs 😂😂

[@bobdi6490]

I would dread that too!

[@101mfoxiwriteabitig6]

17 seconds ago #ihaveptsd

[@robbo1169]

Spit it out pal. Lol.

[@sharoko1784]

The way things are going I belive all frontline officers should have tazer, more and more unarmed officers are being sent to jobs were knives are involved and a tazer gives officers the ability to intervene at a safer distance than a batton or pava, also as Ben explained if all officers had tazer then domestics could be dealt with solely by divisional officers and leave ops to do their own thing

[@indigo_enigma]

First comment hog.