Table 1 - All uses of TASER in the UK since introduction in April 2004 up to 30 November 2007
Usage Details Incident/Subject Details
# # s s s d s d n t e t e
e incidents Incidents u n g c t t t s r e e a o s a j U t
d involving involving - n d i d D h b l e S e c e w c a u v t
d >1 >1 TASER t c i a n s m S I i e r r o i r o D # R A D N A D T Force # subject used Avon & Somerset Constabulary 12 4 9 8 33 30 1 31 2 Bedfordshire Police 10 1 1 4 16 15 15 1 Cambridgeshire Constabulary 3 17 3 2 25 18 18 6 Cheshire Constabulary 8 3 4 1 16 13 13 3 City of London Police 3 3 33 Cleveland Police 26 1 31 4 62 55 1 56 7 Cumbria Constabulary 2 1 13 2 1 19 15 15 2 Derbyshire Constabulary 1 17 1 19 17 17 3 Devon & Cornwall Constabulary 14 1 1 16 14 14 1 Dorset Police 16 2 3 23 1 7 52 45 45 4 Durham Constabulary 23 36 59 39 39 11 Dyfed-Powys Police 1 1 2 22 Essex Police 6 1 4 1 12 12 12 Gloucestershire Constabulary 13 15 28 21 21 7 Greater Manchester Police 13 4 9 1 27 26 1 27 Guernsey Police 1 1 11 Gwent Police 4 7 1 12 11 11 1 Hampshire Constabulary 9 9 771 Hertfordshire Constabulary 8 2 11 1 22 19 19 3 Humberside Police 7 6 32 3 1 49 40 40 4 Kent Police 2 3 1 6 66 Lancashire Constabulary 25 4 20 1 3 53 45 1 46 7 Leicestershire Constabulary 2 4 6 44 Lincolnshire Police 8 1 1 8 1 3 22 16 16 5 Merseyside Police 8 1 1 21 9 6 46 33 2 36 6 Metropolitan Police 125 29 1 36 5 7 3 206 180 9 189 15 Norfolk Constabulary 7 1 3 11 10 10 1 North Wales Police 17 3 2 51 5 2 80 63 1 81 6 North Yorkshire Police 3 1 6 3 13 994 Northamptonshire Police 4 1 5 3 13 11 11 1 Northumbria Police 5 56 3 9 1 74 47 7 58 2 Nottinghamshire Police 5 5 332 South Wales Police 1 1 11 South Yorkshire Police 1 1 11 Staffordshire Police 4 3 3 42 6 2 1 61 44 2 48 9 Strathclyde Police 5 9 1 15 10 10 3 Suffolk Constabulary 8 1 1 1 11 11 11 Surrey Police 1 1 1 3 33 Sussex Police 9 1 14 1 3 28 19 19 7 Tayside Police 1 1 11 Thames Valley Police 5 1 5 1 12 12 12 West Mercia Constabulary 14 2 1 12 1 1 1 32 26 1 27 4 West Midlands Police 37 3 1 31 72 51 2 53 15 West Yorkshire Police 45 5 6 54 3 1 1 115 97 2 99 11 Wiltshire Constabulary 3 3 221 X Not Stated 1 1 2 2 2 Totals 521 69 41 613 48 74 8 1374 1110 30 1164 155
NB: Only the highest level of 'use' for each TASER deployment is recorded.
'Use' as defined by ACPO: TASER Operational Guidance July 2007 policy section 6.6.3
3 Table 2 - TASER use by authorised firearms officers outside of a firearms authority from 20 July 2007 to 30 November 2007
Usage Details Incident/Subject Details
# # s s s d s d n t e t e
e incidents Incidents u n g c t t t s r e e a o s a j U t
d involving involving - n d i d D h b l e S e c e w c a u v t
d >1 >1 TASER t c i a n s m S I i e r r o i r o D # R A D N A D T Force # subject used Avon & Somerset Constabulary 5 2 6 4 17 15 1 16 1 Bedfordshire Police 1 1 22 2 Cambridgeshire Constabulary 1 1 22 2 Cheshire Constabulary City of London Police 1 11 1 Cleveland Police 3 32 2 1 Cumbria Constabulary 5 54 4 1 Derbyshire Constabulary 4 1 54 4 3 Devon & Cornwall Constabulary 2 1 33 3 Dorset Police 1 11 1 Durham Constabulary Dyfed-Powys Police Essex Police Gloucestershire Constabulary 1 4 54 4 1 Greater Manchester Police 1 3 44 4 Guernsey Police Gwent Police Hampshire Constabulary Hertfordshire Constabulary 1 2 33 3 Humberside Police 3 1 5 98 8 1 Kent Police 2 1 33 3 Lancashire Constabulary 11 3 3 3 20 16 16 3 Leicestershire Constabulary Lincolnshire Police 4 3 75 5 2 Merseyside Police 3 32 13 1 Metropolitan Police Service Norfolk Constabulary 2 22 2 North Wales Police 2 2 44 4 North Yorkshire Police 1 3 3 75 5 2 Northamptonshire Police 1 2 33 3 Northumbria Police Nottinghamshire Police South Wales Police South Yorkshire Police Staffordshire Police 2 3 1 1 75 5 2 Strathclyde Police Suffolk Constabulary 1 11 1 Surrey Police Sussex Police 3 6 1 2 12 883 Tayside Police Thames Valley Police 1 1 22 2 West Mercia Constabulary 8 1 1 8 1 19 16 1 17 2 West Midlands Police West Yorkshire Police 6 7 13 11 11 2 Wiltshire Constabulary Totals 47 14 5 74 2 21 0 163 136 3 139 25
NB: Only the highest level of 'use' for each TASER deployment is recorded.
'Use' as defined by ACPO: TASER Operational Guidance July 2007 policy section 6.6.3
4 Table 3 - TASER use by specially trained units in the first 3 months in the ten trial forces' areas from 1 September 2007 to 30 November 2007
Usage Details Incident/Subject Details
# # ns ts Incidents Incidents
d e Us involving involving STU Use Start Do t ttS a d e d e di nc e d e wn l a >1 utbc e s j >1 TASER Date in Trial S nI gs hr e c a s i -e tv s i ur c r de mi a r ot ot D D A R A # Force D N T # subjects used Forces Avon & Somerset Constabulary 1 2 3 6 5 5 1 01/09/2007 Devon & Cornwall Constabulary 24/09/2007 Gwent Police 1 2 3 3 3 01/09/2007 Lincolnshire Police 01/09/2007 Merseyside Police 01/09/2007 Metropolitan Police Service 10/12/2007 North Wales Police 3 2 5 4 4 1 01/09/2007 Northamptonshire Police 1 1 2 2 13/11/2007 Northumbria Police 01/09/2007 West Yorkshire Police not yet started Totals 6 0 0 6 0 4 0 16 14 0 12 2
NB: Only the highest level of 'use' for each TASER deployment is recorded.
STU = Specially Trained Units
'Use' as defined by ACPO: TASER Operational Guidance July 2007 policy section 6.6.3
* It should be noted that only 6 of the 10 forces carrying out the trial, actually started on 1 September, and that this excluded West Yorkshire Police Service and Metropolitan Police Service. Therefore, we expect the next quarter figures for the trial to be higher.
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