IPCC Review of TASER Usage
The Independent Police Complaints Commission has published the results of its monitoring of the roll-out of Taser.
Mandatory referral of TASER usage to the IPCC was abandoned during the trial significantly reducing the value of their report in my view.
The report reveals there was one death in the UK following TASER use but states: “investigation revealed that the death was not attributable to the use of TASER. ”
One person got a broken jaw from falling while being TASERed, another’s family claims TASER resulted in the someone suffering from amnesia.
It also reveals a TASER was used on a dog during the trial.
