During an office-involved shooting, split second decisions mean the difference between life and death, but for all of those involved the effects can last a lifetime.

Police in Oregon will soon have a new tool to help them deal with people who are mentally or physically ill.

Eugene police officers started using Tasers in early 2008. So far, police like the results, according to a 15-month-study on the pilot program that is going to the Eugene Police Commission this week. Police want 60 more -- at a cost of $60,000

It has been a controversial issue for years, should Eugene police officers use tasers? Now the department is moving forward and launching a taser pilot program.

A review board has ruled that a Eugene Police Officer acted within department policy when he fatally shot a mentally ill teenager outside a Southwest Eugene home.