Breakdown by Force of New TASERs for Non-Firearms Officers
I made a request using the Freedom of Information website WhatDoTheyKnow.com to ask how the Home Office had distributed the 7000 TASERs intended for non-firearms police which it has managed to get forces to take.
It should be noted that just because forces have taken these weapons it does not mean they are in use. My local force in Cambridgeshire has put all of those it took “in a cupboard”, partly as they don’t have the funds for training officers to use them. Others are already on the streets, as we saw in Nottingham earlier today.
|
Police Force |
Tasers Requested |
|
Avon and Somerset Constabulary |
130 |
|
Bedfordshire Constabulary |
90 |
|
British Transport Police |
400 |
|
Cambridgeshire Constabulary |
150 |
|
Cheshire Constabulary |
82 |
|
City of London Police |
30 |
|
Cleveland Constabulary |
140 |
|
Cumbria Constabulary |
50 |
|
Derbyshire Constabulary |
250 |
|
Devon and Cornwall Constabulary |
325 |
|
Dorset Constabulary |
100 |
|
Durham Constabulary |
120 |
|
Dyfed Powys Police |
80 |
|
Essex Police |
60 |
|
Gloucestershire Constabulary |
50 |
|
Greater Manchester Police |
550 |
|
Gwent Constabulary |
100 |
|
Hampshire Constabulary |
100 |
|
Hertfordshire Constabulary |
110 |
|
Humberside Police |
100 |
|
Kent Constabulary |
112 |
|
Lancashire Constabulary |
200 |
|
Leicestershire Constabulary |
110 |
|
Lincolnshire Police |
364 |
|
Merseyside Police |
365 |
|
Metropolitan Police |
150 |
|
Norfolk Constabulary |
100 |
|
Northamptonshire Police |
36 |
|
Northumbria Police |
88 |
|
North Wales Police |
130 |
|
North Yorkshire Police |
100 |
|
Nottinghamshire Constabulary |
200 |
|
South Wales Constabulary |
120 |
|
South Yorkshire Police |
70 |
|
Staffordshire Police |
98 |
|
Suffolk Constabulary |
100 |
|
Surrey Police |
250 |
|
Sussex Police |
50 |
|
Thames Valley Police |
100 |
|
Warwickshire Constabulary |
78 |
|
West Mercia Constabulary |
70 |
|
West Midlands Police |
600 |
|
West Yorkshire Police |
327 |
|
Wiltshire Constabulary |
95 |
|
SOCA |
70 |
|
TOTAL |
7000 |
New TASER Distribution Since March 2009
| Police Force | Mar-09 | Jul-09 | Change March - July 2009 |
| Greater Manchester Police | 300 | 550 | 250 |
| Surrey Police | 100 | 250 | 150 |
| Cleveland Constabulary | 70 | 140 | 70 |
| SOCA | 0 | 70 | 70 |
| Lincolnshire Police | 300 | 364 | 64 |
| Dorset Constabulary | 50 | 100 | 50 |
| Hampshire Constabulary | 50 | 100 | 50 |
| Lancashire Constabulary | 150 | 200 | 50 |
| Kent Constabulary | 66 | 112 | 46 |
| Norfolk Constabulary | 75 | 100 | 25 |
| Essex Police | 50 | 60 | 10 |
| Wiltshire Constabulary | 85 | 95 | 10 |
