Taser adds shock and awe to every bobby’s arsenal / The Sunday Times 14 September 2008
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4748616.ece
"FRONTLINE police officers across the country are to go on patrol armed with the controversial Taser stun gun under plans to be announced by ministers later this year. A stockpile of the weapons, which fire a 50,000-volt charge, will be kept at each police station so that patrolling officers can use them if required, Whitehall officials said."