Monday, April 14, 2008

Taser
Jane's Police Review, 19 March 2008
http://jpr.janes.com/
"Taser threat helps deter most suspects, national figures show TASER has been used more than 1,300 times by officers since it was first introduced to all UK forces. Official figures released by the Home Office for the first time on Tuesday, show firearms officers used Taser on 1,374 occasions, an average of more than once a day, between its roll-out to forces in 2004 - following a pilot in five forces - and 30 November, 2007"
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Reported and recorded uses of Taser / Home Office, 18 March 2008
http://scienceandresearch.homeoffice.gov.uk/images/106966/full_taser_report1.pdf