Αστυνομία για να επιτραπεί την ευρύτερη χρήση Tasers

Reuters

Οι αστυνομικοί θα είναι σε θέση να χρησιμοποιήσουν Taser ζαλίζουν τα πυροβόλα όπλα στα μέλη του κοινού σε ένα ευρύτερο φάσμα των περιστάσεων από την Παρασκευή, το Υπουργείο Εσωτερικών εν λόγω.

Αυτήν την περίοδο τα πυροβόλα όπλα, που θέτουν εκτός λειτουργίας προσωρινά έναν ύποπτο, μπορούν μόνο από χρησιμοποιημένος από τα 6.500 εκπαιδευμένα πυροβόλα τους ανώτερους υπαλλήλους στην Αγγλία και την Ουαλία όταν έρχεται αντιμέτωπη από ένα οπλισμένο πρόσωπο.

Under the new rules, firearms specialists will be able to use the 50,000 volt devices when officers are facing violence or threats of violence “of such severity that they would need to use force to protect the public or themselves”.

Additionally it was announced that specially-trained police units who are not firearms officers would also be deployed with Tasers. The year-long trial involving 10 forces will start in September.

“Police officers put themselves in harm’s way every day and I want them to have the equipment they need to protect themselves and the public,” said Tony McNulty, the Home Office minister for policing.

“Taser gives police an additional tactical option that is less lethal than conventional firearms and its use can help resolve incidents and limit the incidence of serious injury.”

Critics of Tasers say the devices have been linked to dozens of deaths in America and Canada.

Last October Amnesty International voiced concern after the death of Brian Loan, 47, from County Durham, who died a few days after a Taser was used on him. However a Home Office post-mortem concluded he had died of natural causes.

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