Man Complains About Police TASERing him in the Head
It is being reported that South Wales Police is to be investigated after a man alleged its officers assaulted him and fired a Taser stun gun at his head as he was arrested.
The IPCC currently require all complaints about TASER discharges to be referred to them and they have indicated they are likely to investigate instances where the TASER has been applied to the head or neck.
Current guidance from ACPO Limited (the unaccountable private company which effectively sets policing policy in the UK) states:
the Taser should not be aimed so as to strike the head or neck of a subject unless this is wholly unavoidable.
See also: Police accused of firing Taser into head of innocent man - December 2007
