Taser use by Qld police improving: report

A NEW report from Queensland's crime watchdog has found improvements in police use of Tasers but says some worrying practices persist.

The Crime and Misconduct Commission (CMC) report found a decrease in the number of times police used Tasers, compared with last year.

There were declines both in instances of probe electrodes fired at the body and the use of "drive stun" mode, in which Tasers are held against the skin.

The CMC also found the number of people tasered despite being suspected of having a physical health condition has decreased slightly.

But the report said Taser use on indigenous people was of particular concern as they were more likely to suffer heart attacks and lung disease, placing them at greater risk of harm.

Indigenous people comprised 22.6 per cent of all people tasered, though they account for only 3.5 per cent of the Queensland population.

The frequency of multiple prolonged taser shocks on a single person had decreased considerably since the death of Antonio Galeano, 39, in June 2009, the CMC said.

Mr Galeano died on the floor of a home in Brandon, north Queensland, after he was tasered repeatedly when police were called to a disturbance at his girlfriend's house.

Senior Constable Craig Myles has admitted tasering Mr Galeano eight times in an attempt to subdue him, although the Taser he used registered 28 applications of 50,000 volts.

A Queensland police and CMC review recommended 27 changes to Taser policy and practices, 24 of which have been implemented.

The findings of an inquest into Mr Galeano's death will be handed down on Wednesday.

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