Instead of yanking them directly out of service, the province announced they will systematically test all 400 possibly faulty Tasers built before 2006, Solicitor General Fred Lindsay said Thursday.

While there are about 900 Tasers in the province, only the X-26 models will undergo reviews at both SAIT and NAIT starting in January, Lindsay said, adding standardized tests on all remaining Tasers in the province will be conducted randomly in the future.

"We weighed the pros and cons of what steps we take and we're convinced we did the responsible thing," Lindsay said.

An independent CBC/Radio Canada report found that four of forty-one tested X-26 model Tasers discharged more juice than the manufacturer said was possible and while Taser International decried the study for being scientifically unsound, Lindsay said the government must run their own tests to be sure.

"Any time you get two different experts involved in testing a device, there's some controversy around as to which testing is more accurate, we're going to do some thorough testing of our own," he said.

Nearly half of the X-26 models in the province belong to Calgary's police service and chief Rick Hanson said he supports the move towards testing and is happy the province isn't pulling the stun guns until test results are finalized.

"I would feel very uncomfortable removing Tasers as a tool for our officers on the street," Hanson said. "I'd rather have one of our officers default to a Taser than have no option and have to go directly to deadly force."