Tasers: less lethal, but still potentially deadly / Guardian.co.uk, 6 August 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/06/police.civilliberties?gusrc=rss&feed=uknews

"The recent Home Office figures revealed that Tasers have been used more frequently over the last 12 months. While this report gives us cause for concern, essentially it is inevitable.Since September last year, more officers have had these potentially lethal electro shock weapons at their disposal. The Home Office piloted a 12-month trial across 10 police authorities, enabling some non-specialist firearms officers to use Tasers, and allowing the weapon to be used in what was nebulously described as a "wider set of circumstances"."

Tasers used 300 times last year / The Independent.co.uk, 6 August 2008

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/tasers-used-300-times-last-year-886215.html
"Police gave electric shocks to nearly 300 members of the public last year, it was revealed yesterday. Nearly 230 incidents involved the 50,000 volt Taser guns being used by authorised firearms officers, who have been allowed to carry the Taser weapons since 2004. And in a new development, non-firearms officers in 10 police forces used the guns 63 times to deliver a shock in the first nine months of a pilot project. The rate at which non-specialist officers are deploying the weapons is increasing as more police are trained to use them, Home Office figures showed today."