A CEW does not cause electrocution or increase the power applied.

• A. True
• B. False
• C. Sometimes
• D. Only if charged

Answer: (A)

A CEW is built to incapacitate without causing a lethal electric shock. It delivers short, pulsed, high-voltage energy that disrupts voluntary muscle control, but the current and duration are limited by skin impedance and the device’s safety design. Electrocution requires a dangerous, sustained current through vital pathways, which the CEW is not delivering under normal use. Each burst has a fixed energy and duration, and releasing the trigger ends the current; the device isn’t designed to continuously “increase power” during operation. So the statement is true: it does not cause electrocution and it does not increase the power applied.