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Im not saying that Officers should not be able to use tasers. And yes, I myself would rather get the taser than a bullet but I think their use needs to be considered deadly force. And because of that, treated as such. By both criminal and officer.

Keith B wrote:Unless they can prove that the actor knew the taser could/would cause death (listed above) then they are gonna be cleared of using deadly force.

That could be resolved when they go through training. You tell every officer that goes through training that a taser can kill a man and now it is "known by the actor to cause"

I say they are deadly force based off of this reasoning.
The definition of deadly force according to th TX PC 38.01 C is:
"Deadly force" means force that is intended or known by the actor to cause, or in the manner of its use or intended use is capable of causing, death or serious bodily injury.

Tasers have proven that they are capable of causing death. And while I have never used one or seen one in real life, I would assume that since your muscles are basically rendered useless you could fall and hit your head on the curb or something similar that would cause "serious bodily injury"

Based off of that definition in the TX PC I say, yes, they are considered deadly force.