NSW Premier Nathan Rees said the State Government put aside $10 million in this year's budget for 1962 Tasers to be used by all front-line police.

lw0 "The Commissioner has advised that after a successful trial period, Tasers should be deployed to all first-response police officers and the NSW Government has delivered,'' he said.

"New funding will be allocated to provide 1962 Tasers... across NSW over the next 18 months and all police will now be routinely trained to use Tasers.''

Front-line police need to pass a written exam and sit through eight hours of Taser training before they are issued with the weapons.

Sutherland police duty officer, Inspector Glenn Brown, was issued with a Taser in October 2008.

He said the weapon was very effective at making people stop what they were doing.

"I haven't had to use it, but I have had people aware that I've got it on,'' he said.

"They've said `I don't want to muck around with a Taser,' and backed off.''

Inspector Brown said part of a positive response to the Taser was its laser light, which illuminated a target's body.

"People see the laser light on their stomach or chest and think `this Taser is going to be fired at me','' he said. We've had 100 per cent success with it.''

Police Minister Tony Kelly said the Taser was having an effect across the State.

"People are already getting the message about the Taser's effectiveness,'' he said. "The mere sight of the Taser was enough to resolve the conflict in 55 per cent of the times it was pulled from the holster.''

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