Police cleared to users Taser guns 40 times in January / Peterborough Today, 4 February 2008
http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/Police-cleared-to-users-Taser.3738772.jp
"POLICE have authorised the use of taser guns 40 times since the beginning of the year. Since January 1 officers in Cambridgeshire have been able to take advantage of new powers allowing them to use the stun guns – which administer a 50,000 volt shock – in lower key incidents."