Local police have added a Taser to their tools for chasing off bears, but say there are limits on its use.
Last year, Sgt. Jason Joel was at a Ripinsky hillside home on Mathias Street frequented by a 200-pound black bear. On previous visits, he’d used his siren and rubber bullets to shoo the bear off, but they didn’t work for long.
A little more than an hour after being hit by rubber bullets, the…
