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Amnesty fears over Brunstrom Taser stunt

Cathy Owens, spokesperson for the Welsh branch of the charity, told Wales on Sunday:

• More officers trained for taser use - Guardian, UK - Sep 7, 2007
• YEAR’S TRIAL SEES POLICE IN STUN GUN TRAINING - Somerset
• Tasers Worry Brits - Wired News - Sep 4, 2007
  

  Former chief superintendent of West Midlands Police Barry Mason said giving officers “quick training in Taser techniques and using the Taser gun was a knee-jerk reaction”. “We need more officers on the streets who are armed with the proper conventional firearm - not every officer, but more officers, armed properly,” he said.

  “In the UK for export purposes tasers are still legally considered to be torture technologies. “

• Taser training for beat police

Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) TASER Links:

• ACPO Policy and Operational Use of Taser by Authorised Firearms Officers
• ACPO Policy and Operational Use of Taser by Specially Trained Units
• TASER - A RIGOROUSLY TESTED NON-LETHAL POLICE WEAPON STRESS ACPO
• ACPO RESPONSE TO AMNESTY REPORT IN RELATION TO TASER
• ACPO WELCOMES THE EXTENDED USE OF TASERS
• POLICE CHIEFS COMMENT ON TASER REPORT BY AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
• EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FROM TASER TRIAL INTERIM REPORT
• ACPO COMMENT ON THE USE OF TASERS FOLLOWING THE PCA REPORT ON POLICE SHOOTINGS

Home Office TASER Links

• Taser stun guns procured by HM Prison Service. - Freedom of Information Act request response saying no TASERS have been procured by HM Prison Service as of November 2006.
• Further Evaluation of Taser Devices 19-05 Home Office Scientific Development Branch Report
• Police weaponry
• Written ministerial statement on the police use of taser
  This written ministerial statement was laid before parliament by Home Office Minister Tony McNulty on 19 July 2007.
• Report on the national use of the Taser electric stun gun. Link to Home Office page stating: “Due to the volume of material we are only able to provide this information in hard copy.” I cannot understand why a hard copy is easier than a large PDF document.
• Supplement to HOSDB Evaluations of Taser Devices 64-06
  This publication complements two HOSDB publications on the evaluations of taser devices published in 2002 and 2005 being 09-02 and 19-05 respectively.
• Evaluation of Taser Devices by the Home Office Police Scientific Development Branch - Declassified 09-02 | Download PDF file .
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  M26, Taser International

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