Firearms and Conducted Energy Devices (Taser) Archives - Freedom of Information

Taser (988A/21)

6 September 2021 | Firearms and Conducted Energy Devices (Taser)

1) How many times your police officers fired/discharged Tasers at people (i.e. in drive stun mode, angled drive stun mode or fired so that the barbs are discharged at the subject)?

Shooting Incidents (569A/21)

7 June 2021 | Firearms and Conducted Energy Devices (Taser), Incident and Crime Statistics

Description of information sought: I am hoping to find out the number of shootings that have occurred in the West Midlands over the past two years. I would like a localised breakdown of the stats per borough. I understand there are time constraints with FOI work, so if possible, please prioritize points 1 and 2.

Taser Trained Officers (299A/21)

4 March 2021 | Firearms and Conducted Energy Devices (Taser)

Please provide the number of officers trained in Taser across the force, and the number of those in their probationary period (if none, whether there are plans to extend Taser training to probationary officers).

Use of Force (786A/20)

9 November 2020 | Firearms and Conducted Energy Devices (Taser), Operational Policing, Investigations and Events, Other

Use Of Force

Firearms drawn by officers (557A/20)

21 September 2020 | Firearms and Conducted Energy Devices (Taser)

Tasers (383A/20)

25 August 2020 | Firearms and Conducted Energy Devices (Taser)

The number of times a Conducted Energy Device (eg Taser) was deployed by officers between January 1 and June 24, 2020, including the number of times the weapons were discharged. Please provide the ethnicity of those against whom the CEDs were deployed.