Politie om breder gebruik van Tasers worden toegestaan

Reuters

De ambtenaren van de politie zullen Taser kunnen gebruiken overweldigen kanonnen op het publiek in een bredere waaier van omstandigheden van Vrijdag, het bovengenoemde Bureau van het Huis.

Momenteel de kanonnen, die tijdelijk een verdachte onbruikbaar maken, kunnen slechts door gebruikt door de 6.500 opgeleide vuurwapens ambtenaren in Engeland en Wales wanneer geconfronteerd door een bewapende persoon.

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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