Brecksville Police Department Buying Tasers

The Brecksville Police Department is buying five Tasers as a way to help fight crime in the city, and defuse potentially dangerous situations.

Brecksville City Council has initially OK’d the purchase of five Tasers for a price tag of $13,978, including shipping.

The best part? 

Each Taser is equipped with a small video camera that begins rolling as soon as the unit is deployed from its holster.

“It gives the officer the protection of documentation,” Mayor Jerry Hruby told Brecksville City Council on Tuesday.

“We had a situation last year that was really bad. A Taser would have helped.”

Every officer carrying a unit will be required to take a class, to learn how use the device safely — and appropriately.

Hruby said he was once against using Tasers, but changed his stance when he learned that each of them will come equipped with cameras.