# Did they forget their tasers?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-they-forget-their-tasers/685233>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 3, 2014, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-they-forget-their-tasers/685233 "2014-04-03T05:52:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Norse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a9adbd/32.png) [@Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Norse)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-they-forget-their-tasers/685233/1 "2014-04-03T05:52:02Z")

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A clip from “Nattpatruljen”, the Norwegian version of “COPS”, showing local SOP for handling of drunk and aggressive persons:

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The police officers had fun, at least.

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**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-they-forget-their-tasers/685233/2 "2014-04-03T09:34:54Z")

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He should scare people, what with that demon voice!

I can’t imagine Tromsø has that much crime, anyway. Its weather is actually pretty nice, otherwise I’d expect that his arrest rate is due to frozen climes, and the drunken stereotypes there.

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**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-they-forget-their-tasers/685233/3 "2014-04-03T11:43:50Z")

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The officers may seem like they’re being awfully nice about the whole thing, but then again, this is Northern Norway, where “horse cock” is a normal, everyday form of address.

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**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-they-forget-their-tasers/685233/4 "2014-04-03T11:49:52Z")

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I think I found his backseat driving nagging to be the best part.

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**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-they-forget-their-tasers/685233/5 "2014-04-03T12:00:20Z")

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WTF, they arrested Beelzebub?