Dr. Douglas Kleiner is a business owner in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, with an extensive background in exercise science, sports medicine, and law enforcement. In his career, Dr. Douglas Kleiner has authored numerous abstracts and journal articles in areas that range from heat illnesses in athletics to the safety of conducted electrical weapons (CEWs).
The paper “A TASER Conducted Electrical Weapon with Cardiac Biomonitoring Capability: Proof of Concept and Initial Human Trial” (The Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 2016) addresses persistent concerns regarding CEWs and cardiac safety. In the study, CEW cartridges were fitted with an electrocardiogram (ECG) device. Ultimately, a prototype CEW was created that possessed cardiac biomonitoring capacities. This was used in tests on human volunteers to evaluate its electrical incapacitation abilities.
The tests demonstrated that an ECG recording device could be placed in a standard-issue, fully functioning CEW. This was described as a proof-of-concept for cardiac biomonitoring and other safety measures that might be incorporated into law enforcement devices such as TASER weapons.
