Home Department written statement – made at on 10 September 2013.
Damian Green
Minister of State (Ministry of Justice and Home Office) , The Minister for Policing and Criminal Justice
I am today publishing the statistics on police use of Taser in England and Wales for the period
Total police use of Taser has increased year on year from 2009 to 2011.
The proportion of Taser where the “highest use” is “fired” remained constant through 2010 and 2011 at about a fifth, after declining from 2009.
The most common “highest use” of a Taser was “red dot” in each of the last two years.
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