"It's just DC voltage. It runs off batteries. It's not hooked up to the power grid. It's painful to hit and it will continue to go. But...there's no amperage. It's not going to kill you," Bacon added.The city of Tacoma has not been immune to the crime crisis plaguing many cities across the U.S.
Since last May, the Tacoma Police Department went from being 55 police officers short of its ideal staffing level to 31. Despite the encouraging statements from local officials, the decrease in crime statistics provided by the city don't tell the full story, according to the head of the local police union, who says that the city is engaged in a"shell game" and that there is much more to be done.
"We're comparing this year's crime to record-breaking years the last two years, so it looks like a decrease, but if we take a step back, really, that's not what the community is seeing," Tacoma Police Union President Henry Betts said on