is that a possibility here? might the officer have thought, there's an active taser, i need to get it before i can do anything else so that the situation is contained? >> well, you're absolutely right that that could be a justification for securing a weapon. but you have to be able to articulate that there were people around, that it exposed them or the officer to unnecessary risk. and on top of that, if it is just a taser weapon and it doesn't offer the dangers of a firearm for example, and you're dealing with a subject that you've just shots, the preservation of the crime scene also becomes paramount. if there's not an immediate threat or risk, the retrieving of that weapon from over there is inappropriate because that's part of the crime scene. that has to be part of the evaluation of the scene in its totality. >> not to mention what you told me which is once you've deployed the taser, it is no longer in need of neutralization, so to speak. hold the next thought for a moment.