Sharp rise in police Taser use
Police use of Tasers in England and Wales has risen by half over the last five years according to Home Office figures released yesterday. In total...
Police use of Tasers in England and Wales has risen by half over the last five years according to Home Office figures released yesterday. In total...
The Home Secretary Theresa May has written a letter two families of people who died in police custody to say she wants to remove the barriers that prevent them getting answers, reports The...
A new joint report by Amnesty International and Omega Research Foundation investigates the human rights impact of less lethal weapons and other...
Alex Massie commenting on The Spectator website today raises the issue of safety and asks the question 'when did it become ok for the police to electrocute children?' New...
Police in England and Wales used tasers more than 10,000 in 2013, The Guardian reports, an increase of 27 per cent in a year.
Figures from the annual...
More than 14,700 police are now armed with tasers. Figures due out tomorrow will show that in 2009 there were 3,500 taser deployments, rising to more than 7,000 a year in 2010 and 2011. The police have now been instructed to refrain from using the weapons at point blank range after a surge in...
Police officers could face criminal charges after a blind man was shot with a 50,000-volt Taser when his white stick was mistaken for a Samurai sword. Prosecutors confirmed that...