SWH_townseal.jpg)
Southwest Harbor Police Chief David Chapais was present at the Oct. 25 meeting of the Southwest Harbor Board of Selectmen to request the town’s police department be equipped with up to six Tasers. According to Chapais, the need for Tasers, which are gunlike devices that uses propelled wires or direct contact to electrically stun and incapacitate a person temporarily, is highlighted by a recent surge in reported …