Investigating the Applicability of Directed Electrical Weapons in Terms of Weapons Policy

Abstract

In this work, the challenges and risks associated with the proliferation and use of non-lethal weapons and directed electrical weapons are examined in the context of the application of non-lethal weapons for certain law enforcement tasks pertaining to the police and private security sectors. In the research, I would like to highlight a circle of problems that are of decisive importance socially and from the viewpoints of the weapons policy and the health care, based on factual data. In recent years, the issue of the need for certain non-lethal weapons has moved to the forefront in the political and legislative debate emerging in the search of solutions for new types of security challenges and risks. To identify and explore this issues, we need to analyse the new generation technology system of non-lethal weapons, their effects on the human body, the legislative options and guidelines for regulation, and relevant international examples to highlight the features of nonlethal weapons (which help the efficiency of specialised law enforcement areas on the one hand, and the private security sector on the other hand).