When a dart-firing stun gun fires, the probes discharge into the subject. The officer then applies a drive stun away from the probes to achieve what?

• A. Pain tolerance
• B. Nueromuscular incapacitation
• C. Temporary numbness
• D. Muscle fatigue

Answer: (C)

The key idea is that drive-stun is used to create a localized, temporary sensory effect rather than full-body incapacitation. When the officer applies the drive-stun away from the probes, the energy concentrates at the contact site, producing short-term numbness and intense local sensation. This localized numbness helps with pain compliance and control without triggering the broad neuromuscular effects that occur when energy travels between the probes through the body. So, temporary numbness is the intended and most plausible outcome of using drive-stun away from the probes. The other options describe broader or longer-lasting effects that aren’t produced by this localized drive-stun use.