Scottish cops firing tasers up by 70% in last four years sparking fears over use

David Kennedy, General Secretary of the Scottish Police Federation, said the increase both in Taser firing and use shows the ...

Scots cops taser firing up by 70% in last four years as fears raised over use

New figures show that the devices, which can issue a 50,000 volt shock, were used 261 times in the 12-month period from April ...

Police officer's 'world came crashing down' when he Tasered man who died in HMO fall

Pc Ryan Trowsdale says his 'world came crashing down' when suspected knifeman died in fall from window of a Handsworth HMO ...

'Family man' died in fall after he was tasered by Birmingham police while climbing through window

Ayuub Abdi, 34, suffered fatal injuries as he fell from the attic-room of a Handsworth HMO during a 'split-second' police interaction ...
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Stewart Avenue Upminster police incident: Man arrested

An arrest has been made after a man was tasered and a woman left injured following a suspected hit-and-run in Upminster. Officers were initially alerted to reports of a car failing to stop following a ...